Cornell vs Saunemin

A side-by-side comparison of Cornell and Saunemin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cornell has the higher population (419 vs 407 in Saunemin). Saunemin has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $64,286 in Cornell). Saunemin has the higher median home value ($88,400 vs $83,800 in Cornell).

Population, income & housing

	Cornell	Saunemin
Population	419	407
Median age	34.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$65,625
Median home value	$83,800	$88,400
Median gross rent	$871	$1,188
Housing units	201	160
Homeownership rate	74.4%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornell	Saunemin
Population	487 → 419 (-14.0%)	410 → 407 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $64,286 (+34.7%)	$61,375 → $65,625 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $83,800 (+11.4%)	$76,900 → $88,400 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $871 (-4.1%)	$817 → $1,188 (+45.4%)

Cornell

Population

487419

Median household income

$47,708$64,286

Median home value

$75,200$83,800

Median gross rent

$908$871

Saunemin

Population

410407

Median household income

$61,375$65,625

Median home value

$76,900$88,400

Median gross rent

$817$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornell	Saunemin
Under 5	10.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	25.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.6%
75 and over	6.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornell	Saunemin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
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	3.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornell	Saunemin
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornell	Saunemin
Drove alone	70.6%	87.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornell	Saunemin
1-unit, detached	88.6%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Cornell	Saunemin
Poverty rate	20.1%	19.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1950	1957