Roberts vs Sibley

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

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

Roberts has the higher population (493 vs 218 in Sibley). Roberts has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $54,583 in Sibley). Sibley has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $64,600 in Roberts).

Population, income & housing

	Roberts	Sibley
Population	493	218
Median age	36.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,438	$54,583
Median home value	$64,600	$85,000
Median gross rent	$786	$1,208
Housing units	200	127
Homeownership rate	81.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roberts	Sibley
Population	388 → 493 (+27.1%)	285 → 218 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $63,438 (+113.7%)	$42,188 → $54,583 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $64,600 (+29.2%)	$67,000 → $85,000 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $786 (-3.7%)	$638 → $1,208 (+89.3%)

Roberts

Population

388493

Median household income

$29,688$63,438

Median home value

$50,000$64,600

Median gross rent

$816$786

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)

	Roberts	Sibley
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	26.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	3.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	17.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	17.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	15.6%
75 and over	5.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roberts	Sibley
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roberts	Sibley
No high school diploma	16.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	41.7%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roberts	Sibley
Drove alone	71.5%	64.2%
Carpooled	25.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	21.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roberts	Sibley
1-unit, detached	93.5%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Roberts	Sibley
Poverty rate	24.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1949	1957