Sesser vs West City

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

Sesser and West City 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 612 in West City). Sesser has the higher median household income ($52,326 vs $48,672 in West City). Sesser has the higher median home value ($79,800 vs $60,000 in West City).

Population, income & housing

	Sesser	West City
Population	1,919	612
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,326	$48,672
Median home value	$79,800	$60,000
Median gross rent	$703	$867
Housing units	852	301
Homeownership rate	75.7%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sesser	West City
Population	1,548 → 1,919 (+24.0%)	772 → 612 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$53,631 → $52,326 (-2.4%)	$42,125 → $48,672 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$76,600 → $79,800 (+4.2%)	$71,300 → $60,000 (-15.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $703 (+0.4%)	$661 → $867 (+31.2%)

Sesser

Population

1,5481,919

Median household income

$53,631$52,326

Median home value

$76,600$79,800

Median gross rent

$700$703

West City

Population

772612

Median household income

$42,125$48,672

Median home value

$71,300$60,000

Median gross rent

$661$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sesser	West City
Under 5	6.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.8%
75 and over	7.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sesser	West City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sesser	West City
No high school diploma	8.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	27.3%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	49.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sesser	West City
Drove alone	78.1%	88.4%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.6%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sesser	West City
1-unit, detached	77.5%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Sesser	West City
Poverty rate	15.2%	26.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	34	19
Median year structure built	1956	1957