Sandwich vs Somonauk

A side-by-side comparison of Sandwich and Somonauk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandwich has the higher population (7,121 vs 1,592 in Somonauk). Somonauk has the higher median household income ($81,731 vs $77,027 in Sandwich). Sandwich has the higher median home value ($239,600 vs $221,500 in Somonauk).

Population, income & housing

	Sandwich	Somonauk
Population	7,121	1,592
Median age	38.9 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,027	$81,731
Median home value	$239,600	$221,500
Median gross rent	$1,044	$883
Housing units	2,754	692
Homeownership rate	71.5%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandwich	Somonauk
Population	7,297 → 7,121 (-2.4%)	2,125 → 1,592 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$65,984 → $77,027 (+16.7%)	$65,139 → $81,731 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$171,000 → $239,600 (+40.1%)	$168,900 → $221,500 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,044 (-0.7%)	$988 → $883 (-10.6%)

Sandwich

Population

7,2977,121

Median household income

$65,984$77,027

Median home value

$171,000$239,600

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,044

Somonauk

Population

2,1251,592

Median household income

$65,139$81,731

Median home value

$168,900$221,500

Median gross rent

$988$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandwich	Somonauk
Under 5	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	14.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandwich	Somonauk
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandwich	Somonauk
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	32.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandwich	Somonauk
Drove alone	80.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	2.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandwich	Somonauk
1-unit, detached	71.1%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sandwich	Somonauk
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1976	1971