Sandoval vs Wamac

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

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

Sandoval has the higher population (883 vs 794 in Wamac). Sandoval has the higher median household income ($51,827 vs $40,000 in Wamac). Sandoval has the higher median home value ($60,300 vs $21,900 in Wamac).

Population, income & housing

	Sandoval	Wamac
Population	883	794
Median age	39.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,827	$40,000
Median home value	$60,300	$21,900
Median gross rent	$439	$805
Housing units	514	395
Homeownership rate	71.0%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandoval	Wamac
Population	1,207 → 883 (-26.8%)	1,280 → 794 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$38,571 → $51,827 (+34.4%)	$31,667 → $40,000 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$48,400 → $60,300 (+24.6%)	$28,400 → $21,900 (-22.9%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $439 (-20.0%)	$671 → $805 (+20.0%)

Sandoval

Population

1,207883

Median household income

$38,571$51,827

Median home value

$48,400$60,300

Median gross rent

$549$439

Wamac

Population

1,280794

Median household income

$31,667$40,000

Median home value

$28,400$21,900

Median gross rent

$671$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandoval	Wamac
Under 5	3.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	19.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	23.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.8%
75 and over	3.2%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandoval	Wamac
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandoval	Wamac
No high school diploma	26.2%	17.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandoval	Wamac
Drove alone	80.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	18.5%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandoval	Wamac
1-unit, detached	43.2%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.8%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Sandoval	Wamac
Poverty rate	23.5%	29.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1978	1964