Central City vs Sandoval

A side-by-side comparison of Central City and Sandoval: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Central City has the higher population (1,123 vs 883 in Sandoval). Sandoval has the higher median household income ($51,827 vs $47,750 in Central City). Sandoval has the higher median home value ($60,300 vs $43,900 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Sandoval
Population	1,123	883
Median age	38.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,750	$51,827
Median home value	$43,900	$60,300
Median gross rent	$888	$439
Housing units	592	514
Homeownership rate	72.4%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Sandoval
Population	1,256 → 1,123 (-10.6%)	1,207 → 883 (-26.8%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $47,750 (+14.0%)	$38,571 → $51,827 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$51,600 → $43,900 (-14.9%)	$48,400 → $60,300 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $888 (+17.5%)	$549 → $439 (-20.0%)

Central City

Population

1,2561,123

Median household income

$41,875$47,750

Median home value

$51,600$43,900

Median gross rent

$756$888

Sandoval

Population

1,207883

Median household income

$38,571$51,827

Median home value

$48,400$60,300

Median gross rent

$549$439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Sandoval
Under 5	7.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	19.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	14.3%
75 and over	6.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Sandoval
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Sandoval
No high school diploma	11.7%	26.2%
High school graduate	32.8%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Sandoval
Drove alone	81.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	11.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Sandoval
1-unit, detached	63.0%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	42.8%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Sandoval
Poverty rate	27.7%	23.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1964	1978