Lovington vs Sullivan

A side-by-side comparison of Lovington and Sullivan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sullivan has the higher population (4,253 vs 1,120 in Lovington). Sullivan has the higher median household income ($62,845 vs $54,394 in Lovington). Sullivan has the higher median home value ($95,600 vs $90,400 in Lovington).

Population, income & housing

	Lovington	Sullivan
Population	1,120	4,253
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,394	$62,845
Median home value	$90,400	$95,600
Median gross rent	$748	$790
Housing units	540	1,895
Homeownership rate	69.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lovington	Sullivan
Population	1,202 → 1,120 (-6.8%)	4,475 → 4,253 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$45,526 → $54,394 (+19.5%)	$56,375 → $62,845 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $90,400 (+23.3%)	$92,500 → $95,600 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $748 (+40.1%)	$715 → $790 (+10.5%)

Lovington

Population

1,2021,120

Median household income

$45,526$54,394

Median home value

$73,300$90,400

Median gross rent

$534$748

Sullivan

Population

4,4754,253

Median household income

$56,375$62,845

Median home value

$92,500$95,600

Median gross rent

$715$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lovington	Sullivan
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.6%
75 and over	5.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lovington	Sullivan
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lovington	Sullivan
No high school diploma	14.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.9%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lovington	Sullivan
Drove alone	76.7%	76.2%
Carpooled	17.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lovington	Sullivan
1-unit, detached	83.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Lovington	Sullivan
Poverty rate	13.9%	11.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1956	1963