Clay City vs Sailor Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Clay City and Sailor Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Clay City and Sailor Springs are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clay City has the higher population (744 vs 80 in Sailor Springs). Sailor Springs has the higher median household income ($76,146 vs $53,750 in Clay City). Since 2019, Sailor Springs's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -14.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Clay City	Sailor Springs
Population	744	80
Median age	40.7 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$76,146
Median home value	$75,500	—
Median gross rent	$585	—
Housing units	393	40
Homeownership rate	75.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay City	Sailor Springs
Population	865 → 744 (-14.0%)	80 → 80 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$43,409 → $53,750 (+23.8%)	$34,306 → $76,146 (+122.0%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $75,500 (+12.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$473 → $585 (+23.7%)	—

Clay City

Population

865744

Median household income

$43,409$53,750

Median home value

$66,900$75,500

Median gross rent

$473$585

Sailor Springs

Population

8080

Median household income

$34,306$76,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay City	Sailor Springs
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.2%	6.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	33.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	26.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.8%
75 and over	5.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay City	Sailor Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	98.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay City	Sailor Springs
No high school diploma	13.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	45.9%	85.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay City	Sailor Springs
Drove alone	88.9%	93.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay City	Sailor Springs
1-unit, detached	68.4%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	50.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay City	Sailor Springs
Poverty rate	27.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1969	1965