Flora vs Sailor Springs

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

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

Flora has the higher population (4,860 vs 80 in Sailor Springs). Sailor Springs has the higher median household income ($76,146 vs $50,588 in Flora). Since 2019, Sailor Springs's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Flora	Sailor Springs
Population	4,860	80
Median age	41.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,588	$76,146
Median home value	$78,400	—
Median gross rent	$728	—
Housing units	2,466	40
Homeownership rate	79.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flora	Sailor Springs
Population	4,917 → 4,860 (-1.2%)	80 → 80 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$47,413 → $50,588 (+6.7%)	$34,306 → $76,146 (+122.0%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $78,400 (-0.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$606 → $728 (+20.1%)	—

Flora

Population

4,9174,860

Median household income

$47,413$50,588

Median home value

$78,500$78,400

Median gross rent

$606$728

Sailor Springs

Population

8080

Median household income

$34,306$76,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flora	Sailor Springs
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	6.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	33.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	26.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.8%
75 and over	11.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flora	Sailor Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flora	Sailor Springs
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	32.5%	85.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flora	Sailor Springs
Drove alone	87.8%	93.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flora	Sailor Springs
1-unit, detached	76.7%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	50.0%

Poverty & households

	Flora	Sailor Springs
Poverty rate	14.5%	2.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1960	1965