Sawyerville vs Standard City

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

Sawyerville and Standard City 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 187 in Standard City). Standard City has the higher median household income ($49,583 vs $46,429 in Sawyerville). Sawyerville has the higher median home value ($89,200 vs $81,300 in Standard City).

Population, income & housing

	Sawyerville	Standard City
Population	209	187
Median age	59.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,429	$49,583
Median home value	$89,200	$81,300
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	143	78
Homeownership rate	89.6%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sawyerville	Standard City
Population	247 → 209 (-15.4%)	198 → 187 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$34,688 → $46,429 (+33.8%)	$76,563 → $49,583 (-35.2%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $89,200 (+12.3%)	$75,400 → $81,300 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $900 (+7.0%)	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Sawyerville

Population

247209

Median household income

$34,688$46,429

Median home value

$79,400$89,200

Median gross rent

$841$900

Standard City

Population

198187

Median household income

$76,563$49,583

Median home value

$75,400$81,300

Median gross rent

$850$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sawyerville	Standard City
Under 5	4.8%	13.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.4%
45 to 54	3.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	22.0%	5.3%
65 to 74	19.6%	19.8%
75 and over	11.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sawyerville	Standard City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	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	0.0%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sawyerville	Standard City
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	57.5%	58.1%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sawyerville	Standard City
Drove alone	93.1%	75.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sawyerville	Standard City
1-unit, detached	83.9%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Sawyerville	Standard City
Poverty rate	10.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.18	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	46	35
Median year structure built	1976	1960