Sauk Village vs Steger

A side-by-side comparison of Sauk Village and Steger: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sauk Village has the higher population (9,724 vs 9,449 in Steger). Steger has the higher median household income ($59,691 vs $56,946 in Sauk Village). Steger has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $101,900 in Sauk Village).

Population, income & housing

	Sauk Village	Steger
Population	9,724	9,449
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,946	$59,691
Median home value	$101,900	$134,100
Median gross rent	$1,504	$1,035
Housing units	3,673	4,525
Homeownership rate	58.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sauk Village	Steger
Population	10,423 → 9,724 (-6.7%)	9,366 → 9,449 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$38,788 → $56,946 (+46.8%)	$49,112 → $59,691 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$70,400 → $101,900 (+44.7%)	$105,200 → $134,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,504 (+31.2%)	$957 → $1,035 (+8.2%)

Sauk Village

Population

10,4239,724

Median household income

$38,788$56,946

Median home value

$70,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,504

Steger

Population

9,3669,449

Median household income

$49,112$59,691

Median home value

$105,200$134,100

Median gross rent

$957$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sauk Village	Steger
Under 5	6.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	19.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.3%
75 and over	4.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sauk Village	Steger
White (non-Hispanic)	15.0%	53.4%
Black or African American	60.5%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sauk Village	Steger
No high school diploma	9.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sauk Village	Steger
Drove alone	83.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.9%
Public transit	2.7%	4.9%
Walked	2.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.2%
Other means	1.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sauk Village	Steger
1-unit, detached	74.8%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	12.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sauk Village	Steger
Poverty rate	20.6%	15.0%
Average household size	3.05	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1975	1965