Fayetteville vs Sauget

A side-by-side comparison of Fayetteville and Sauget: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (381 vs 299 in Sauget). Sauget has the higher median household income ($60,469 vs $56,458 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $53,300 in Sauget).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Sauget
Population	381	299
Median age	33.8 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$60,469
Median home value	$85,300	$53,300
Median gross rent	—	$676
Housing units	161	175
Homeownership rate	84.4%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	34.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Sauget
Population	379 → 381 (+0.5%)	156 → 299 (+91.7%)
Median household income	$58,889 → $56,458 (-4.1%)	$54,167 → $60,469 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $85,300 (+17.3%)	$45,000 → $53,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $758 (+5.4%)	$725 → $676 (-6.8%)

Fayetteville

Population

379381

Median household income

$58,889$56,458

Median home value

$72,700$85,300

Median gross rent

$719$758

Sauget

Population

156299

Median household income

$54,167$60,469

Median home value

$45,000$53,300

Median gross rent

$725$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Sauget
Under 5	12.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	8.0%
18 to 24	0.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	5.2%	5.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	24.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	17.4%
75 and over	4.2%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Sauget
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Sauget
No high school diploma	13.0%	14.6%
High school graduate	29.2%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Sauget
Drove alone	88.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Sauget
1-unit, detached	72.7%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Sauget
Poverty rate	10.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.70	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	13
Median year structure built	1956	1958