Salem vs Sandoval

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

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

Salem has the higher population (7,341 vs 883 in Sandoval). Salem has the higher median household income ($57,083 vs $51,827 in Sandoval). Salem has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $60,300 in Sandoval).

Population, income & housing

	Salem	Sandoval
Population	7,341	883
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$51,827
Median home value	$99,800	$60,300
Median gross rent	$752	$439
Housing units	3,340	514
Homeownership rate	62.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salem	Sandoval
Population	7,027 → 7,341 (+4.5%)	1,207 → 883 (-26.8%)
Median household income	$40,449 → $57,083 (+41.1%)	$38,571 → $51,827 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $99,800 (+27.1%)	$48,400 → $60,300 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $752 (+21.3%)	$549 → $439 (-20.0%)

Salem

Population

7,0277,341

Median household income

$40,449$57,083

Median home value

$78,500$99,800

Median gross rent

$620$752

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)

	Salem	Sandoval
Under 5	6.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	19.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.3%
75 and over	8.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salem	Sandoval
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salem	Sandoval
No high school diploma	7.1%	26.2%
High school graduate	38.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salem	Sandoval
Drove alone	82.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.9%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salem	Sandoval
1-unit, detached	70.0%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	42.8%

Poverty & households

	Salem	Sandoval
Poverty rate	20.1%	23.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	1970	1978