Emington vs Saunemin

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

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

Saunemin has the higher population (407 vs 90 in Emington). Emington has the higher median household income ($90,313 vs $65,625 in Saunemin). Saunemin has the higher median home value ($88,400 vs $75,800 in Emington).

Population, income & housing

	Emington	Saunemin
Population	90	407
Median age	37.5 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,313	$65,625
Median home value	$75,800	$88,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,188
Housing units	37	160
Homeownership rate	94.6%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emington	Saunemin
Population	94 → 90 (-4.3%)	410 → 407 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$50,250 → $90,313 (+79.7%)	$61,375 → $65,625 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $75,800 (+28.9%)	$76,900 → $88,400 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $688 (+37.6%)	$817 → $1,188 (+45.4%)

Emington

Population

9490

Median household income

$50,250$90,313

Median home value

$58,800$75,800

Median gross rent

$500$688

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)

	Emington	Saunemin
Under 5	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	25.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	18.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	8.6%
75 and over	3.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emington	Saunemin
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	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	1.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emington	Saunemin
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	56.7%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emington	Saunemin
Drove alone	95.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	5.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emington	Saunemin
1-unit, detached	97.3%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Emington	Saunemin
Poverty rate	1.1%	19.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1938	1957