Pesotum vs Sidney

A side-by-side comparison of Pesotum and Sidney: population, income, housing, and more.

Pesotum and Sidney are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sidney has the higher population (849 vs 538 in Pesotum). Sidney has the higher median household income ($84,073 vs $76,875 in Pesotum). Sidney has the higher median home value ($187,000 vs $160,800 in Pesotum).

Population, income & housing

	Pesotum	Sidney
Population	538	849
Median age	45.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$84,073
Median home value	$160,800	$187,000
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,140
Housing units	246	392
Homeownership rate	88.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pesotum	Sidney
Population	508 → 538 (+5.9%)	1,321 → 849 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$74,861 → $76,875 (+2.7%)	$77,721 → $84,073 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $160,800 (+39.0%)	$150,300 → $187,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,500 (+81.8%)	$892 → $1,140 (+27.8%)

Pesotum

Population

508538

Median household income

$74,861$76,875

Median home value

$115,700$160,800

Median gross rent

$825$1,500

Sidney

Population

1,321849

Median household income

$77,721$84,073

Median home value

$150,300$187,000

Median gross rent

$892$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pesotum	Sidney
Under 5	7.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pesotum	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pesotum	Sidney
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pesotum	Sidney
Drove alone	81.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pesotum	Sidney
1-unit, detached	98.8%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pesotum	Sidney
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1962	1964