Hinckley vs Sycamore

A side-by-side comparison of Hinckley and Sycamore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sycamore has the higher population (18,243 vs 2,286 in Hinckley). Hinckley has the higher median household income ($81,625 vs $80,837 in Sycamore). Hinckley has the higher median home value ($267,600 vs $254,200 in Sycamore).

Population, income & housing

	Hinckley	Sycamore
Population	2,286	18,243
Median age	34.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,625	$80,837
Median home value	$267,600	$254,200
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,062
Housing units	910	7,868
Homeownership rate	72.3%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hinckley	Sycamore
Population	2,137 → 2,286 (+7.0%)	17,726 → 18,243 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$73,967 → $81,625 (+10.4%)	$71,698 → $80,837 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$208,700 → $267,600 (+28.2%)	$189,400 → $254,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,333 (+36.4%)	$963 → $1,062 (+10.3%)

Hinckley

Population

2,1372,286

Median household income

$73,967$81,625

Median home value

$208,700$267,600

Median gross rent

$977$1,333

Sycamore

Population

17,72618,243

Median household income

$71,698$80,837

Median home value

$189,400$254,200

Median gross rent

$963$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hinckley	Sycamore
Under 5	6.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	14.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.0%
75 and over	5.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hinckley	Sycamore
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hinckley	Sycamore
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hinckley	Sycamore
Drove alone	81.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.8%	1.6%
Walked	4.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	7.2%	12.7%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hinckley	Sycamore
1-unit, detached	78.2%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Hinckley	Sycamore
Poverty rate	15.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1972	1992