Saybrook vs Stanford

A side-by-side comparison of Saybrook and Stanford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saybrook has the higher population (714 vs 469 in Stanford). Stanford has the higher median household income ($83,173 vs $54,479 in Saybrook). Stanford has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $92,900 in Saybrook).

Population, income & housing

	Saybrook	Stanford
Population	714	469
Median age	38.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,479	$83,173
Median home value	$92,900	$101,800
Median gross rent	$829	$1,375
Housing units	330	251
Homeownership rate	83.6%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saybrook	Stanford
Population	660 → 714 (+8.2%)	669 → 469 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$58,594 → $54,479 (-7.0%)	$52,750 → $83,173 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $92,900 (+2.0%)	$87,800 → $101,800 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $829 (+35.2%)	$813 → $1,375 (+69.1%)

Saybrook

Population

660714

Median household income

$58,594$54,479

Median home value

$91,100$92,900

Median gross rent

$613$829

Stanford

Population

669469

Median household income

$52,750$83,173

Median home value

$87,800$101,800

Median gross rent

$813$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saybrook	Stanford
Under 5	6.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	19.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	4.5%
75 and over	6.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saybrook	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	94.2%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saybrook	Stanford
No high school diploma	14.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	49.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saybrook	Stanford
Drove alone	68.8%	77.0%
Carpooled	18.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saybrook	Stanford
1-unit, detached	93.6%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Saybrook	Stanford
Poverty rate	14.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	1961	1945