Amboy vs Sublette

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Sublette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amboy has the higher population (2,396 vs 374 in Sublette). Amboy has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $53,875 in Sublette). Sublette has the higher median home value ($132,800 vs $132,600 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Sublette
Population	2,396	374
Median age	48.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$53,875
Median home value	$132,600	$132,800
Median gross rent	$880	$635
Housing units	1,120	211
Homeownership rate	73.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Sublette
Population	2,421 → 2,396 (-1.0%)	415 → 374 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$52,330 → $76,667 (+46.5%)	$51,250 → $53,875 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $132,600 (+52.9%)	$125,400 → $132,800 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $880 (+19.4%)	$779 → $635 (-18.5%)

Amboy

Population

2,4212,396

Median household income

$52,330$76,667

Median home value

$86,700$132,600

Median gross rent

$737$880

Sublette

Population

415374

Median household income

$51,250$53,875

Median home value

$125,400$132,800

Median gross rent

$779$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Sublette
Under 5	6.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	23.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.2%
75 and over	7.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Sublette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Sublette
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Sublette
Drove alone	93.4%	82.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Sublette
1-unit, detached	78.7%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Sublette
Poverty rate	8.5%	17.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1953	1966