Louisville vs Sailor Springs

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

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

Louisville has the higher population (1,288 vs 80 in Sailor Springs). Sailor Springs has the higher median household income ($76,146 vs $44,318 in Louisville). Since 2019, Louisville's population has grown faster (+22.8% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Louisville	Sailor Springs
Population	1,288	80
Median age	38.6 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,318	$76,146
Median home value	$86,300	—
Median gross rent	$629	—
Housing units	578	40
Homeownership rate	65.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisville	Sailor Springs
Population	1,049 → 1,288 (+22.8%)	80 → 80 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$34,773 → $44,318 (+27.4%)	$34,306 → $76,146 (+122.0%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $86,300 (+21.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$536 → $629 (+17.4%)	—

Louisville

Population

1,0491,288

Median household income

$34,773$44,318

Median home value

$71,300$86,300

Median gross rent

$536$629

Sailor Springs

Population

8080

Median household income

$34,306$76,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisville	Sailor Springs
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	6.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	33.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	26.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.8%
75 and over	10.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisville	Sailor Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	98.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	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	0.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisville	Sailor Springs
No high school diploma	19.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	85.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisville	Sailor Springs
Drove alone	95.8%	93.6%
Carpooled	3.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisville	Sailor Springs
1-unit, detached	68.5%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	50.0%

Poverty & households

	Louisville	Sailor Springs
Poverty rate	28.6%	2.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1972	1965