Sandwich vs Sycamore

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

Sandwich 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 7,121 in Sandwich). Sycamore has the higher median household income ($80,837 vs $77,027 in Sandwich). Sycamore has the higher median home value ($254,200 vs $239,600 in Sandwich).

Population, income & housing

	Sandwich	Sycamore
Population	7,121	18,243
Median age	38.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,027	$80,837
Median home value	$239,600	$254,200
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,062
Housing units	2,754	7,868
Homeownership rate	71.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandwich	Sycamore
Population	7,297 → 7,121 (-2.4%)	17,726 → 18,243 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$65,984 → $77,027 (+16.7%)	$71,698 → $80,837 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$171,000 → $239,600 (+40.1%)	$189,400 → $254,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,044 (-0.7%)	$963 → $1,062 (+10.3%)

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

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)

	Sandwich	Sycamore
Under 5	5.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.0%
75 and over	8.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandwich	Sycamore
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandwich	Sycamore
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandwich	Sycamore
Drove alone	80.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.9%
Worked from home	10.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandwich	Sycamore
1-unit, detached	71.1%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Sandwich	Sycamore
Poverty rate	7.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1976	1992