Philo vs Sidney

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

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

Philo has the higher population (1,461 vs 849 in Sidney). Philo has the higher median household income ($103,438 vs $84,073 in Sidney). Philo has the higher median home value ($198,100 vs $187,000 in Sidney).

Population, income & housing

	Philo	Sidney
Population	1,461	849
Median age	34.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,438	$84,073
Median home value	$198,100	$187,000
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,140
Housing units	526	392
Homeownership rate	88.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Philo	Sidney
Population	1,560 → 1,461 (-6.3%)	1,321 → 849 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$80,804 → $103,438 (+28.0%)	$77,721 → $84,073 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $198,100 (+27.7%)	$150,300 → $187,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,063 (+41.7%)	$892 → $1,140 (+27.8%)

Philo

Population

1,5601,461

Median household income

$80,804$103,438

Median home value

$155,100$198,100

Median gross rent

$750$1,063

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)

	Philo	Sidney
Under 5	6.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.9%
75 and over	7.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Philo	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Philo	Sidney
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	29.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Philo	Sidney
Drove alone	90.1%	89.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Philo	Sidney
1-unit, detached	98.3%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	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

	Philo	Sidney
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.2%
Average household size	3.02	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1968	1964