Sesser vs Zeigler

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

Sesser and Zeigler 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 1,325 in Zeigler). Sesser has the higher median household income ($52,326 vs $39,148 in Zeigler). Sesser has the higher median home value ($79,800 vs $52,000 in Zeigler).

Population, income & housing

	Sesser	Zeigler
Population	1,919	1,325
Median age	36.6 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,326	$39,148
Median home value	$79,800	$52,000
Median gross rent	$703	$694
Housing units	852	760
Homeownership rate	75.7%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sesser	Zeigler
Population	1,548 → 1,919 (+24.0%)	1,801 → 1,325 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$53,631 → $52,326 (-2.4%)	$43,188 → $39,148 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$76,600 → $79,800 (+4.2%)	$52,800 → $52,000 (-1.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $703 (+0.4%)	$548 → $694 (+26.6%)

Sesser

Population

1,5481,919

Median household income

$53,631$52,326

Median home value

$76,600$79,800

Median gross rent

$700$703

Zeigler

Population

1,8011,325

Median household income

$43,188$39,148

Median home value

$52,800$52,000

Median gross rent

$548$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sesser	Zeigler
Under 5	6.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.5%
75 and over	7.2%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sesser	Zeigler
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sesser	Zeigler
No high school diploma	8.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	27.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	49.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sesser	Zeigler
Drove alone	78.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sesser	Zeigler
1-unit, detached	77.5%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Sesser	Zeigler
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1956	1938