Dorchester vs Sawyerville

A side-by-side comparison of Dorchester and Sawyerville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sawyerville has the higher population (209 vs 185 in Dorchester). Dorchester has the higher median household income ($121,250 vs $46,429 in Sawyerville). Dorchester has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $89,200 in Sawyerville).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester	Sawyerville
Population	185	209
Median age	42.8 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$121,250	$46,429
Median home value	$133,300	$89,200
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	69	143
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester	Sawyerville
Population	111 → 185 (+66.7%)	247 → 209 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $121,250 (+137.5%)	$34,688 → $46,429 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $133,300 (+70.2%)	$79,400 → $89,200 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$841 → $900 (+7.0%)

Dorchester

Population

111185

Median household income

$51,042$121,250

Median home value

$78,300$133,300

Sawyerville

Population

247209

Median household income

$34,688$46,429

Median home value

$79,400$89,200

Median gross rent

$841$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorchester	Sawyerville
Under 5	1.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	29.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	3.2%	3.8%
55 to 64	24.3%	22.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	19.6%
75 and over	5.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester	Sawyerville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester	Sawyerville
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	40.8%	57.5%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester	Sawyerville
Drove alone	93.9%	93.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorchester	Sawyerville
1-unit, detached	98.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester	Sawyerville
Poverty rate	1.1%	10.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	34	46
Median year structure built	1947	1976