Melvin vs Sibley

A side-by-side comparison of Melvin and Sibley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Melvin has the higher population (376 vs 218 in Sibley). Sibley has the higher median household income ($54,583 vs $35,000 in Melvin). Sibley has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $62,000 in Melvin).

Population, income & housing

	Melvin	Sibley
Population	376	218
Median age	38.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$54,583
Median home value	$62,000	$85,000
Median gross rent	$817	$1,208
Housing units	213	127
Homeownership rate	84.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvin	Sibley
Population	458 → 376 (-17.9%)	285 → 218 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $35,000 (-25.8%)	$42,188 → $54,583 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $62,000 (+0.6%)	$67,000 → $85,000 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $817 (+22.3%)	$638 → $1,208 (+89.3%)

Melvin

Population

458376

Median household income

$47,188$35,000

Median home value

$61,600$62,000

Median gross rent

$668$817

Sibley

Population

285218

Median household income

$42,188$54,583

Median home value

$67,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$638$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvin	Sibley
Under 5	6.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	15.6%
75 and over	6.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvin	Sibley
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvin	Sibley
No high school diploma	13.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvin	Sibley
Drove alone	90.9%	64.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvin	Sibley
1-unit, detached	93.0%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Melvin	Sibley
Poverty rate	25.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1953	1957