North City vs Sesser

A side-by-side comparison of North City and Sesser: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sesser has the higher population (1,919 vs 708 in North City). Sesser has the higher median household income ($52,326 vs $50,469 in North City). North City has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $79,800 in Sesser).

Population, income & housing

	North City	Sesser
Population	708	1,919
Median age	56.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,469	$52,326
Median home value	$107,400	$79,800
Median gross rent	$1,106	$703
Housing units	357	852
Homeownership rate	91.6%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North City	Sesser
Population	560 → 708 (+26.4%)	1,548 → 1,919 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $50,469 (+16.0%)	$53,631 → $52,326 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $107,400 (+65.2%)	$76,600 → $79,800 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $1,106 (+61.7%)	$700 → $703 (+0.4%)

North City

Population

560708

Median household income

$43,500$50,469

Median home value

$65,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$684$1,106

Sesser

Population

1,5481,919

Median household income

$53,631$52,326

Median home value

$76,600$79,800

Median gross rent

$700$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North City	Sesser
Under 5	3.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	27.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.4%
75 and over	10.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North City	Sesser
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North City	Sesser
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North City	Sesser
Drove alone	69.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North City	Sesser
1-unit, detached	88.5%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	North City	Sesser
Poverty rate	9.6%	15.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1971	1956