Somonauk vs Sycamore

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

Somonauk 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 1,592 in Somonauk). Somonauk has the higher median household income ($81,731 vs $80,837 in Sycamore). Sycamore has the higher median home value ($254,200 vs $221,500 in Somonauk).

Population, income & housing

	Somonauk	Sycamore
Population	1,592	18,243
Median age	46.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,731	$80,837
Median home value	$221,500	$254,200
Median gross rent	$883	$1,062
Housing units	692	7,868
Homeownership rate	72.2%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somonauk	Sycamore
Population	2,125 → 1,592 (-25.1%)	17,726 → 18,243 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$65,139 → $81,731 (+25.5%)	$71,698 → $80,837 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$168,900 → $221,500 (+31.1%)	$189,400 → $254,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $883 (-10.6%)	$963 → $1,062 (+10.3%)

Somonauk

Population

2,1251,592

Median household income

$65,139$81,731

Median home value

$168,900$221,500

Median gross rent

$988$883

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)

	Somonauk	Sycamore
Under 5	4.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somonauk	Sycamore
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somonauk	Sycamore
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somonauk	Sycamore
Drove alone	84.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.2%
Public transit	2.6%	1.6%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.9%
Worked from home	6.4%	12.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somonauk	Sycamore
1-unit, detached	68.5%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Somonauk	Sycamore
Poverty rate	5.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1971	1992