Lenzburg vs Sauget

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

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

Lenzburg has the higher population (513 vs 299 in Sauget). Sauget has the higher median household income ($60,469 vs $44,722 in Lenzburg). Lenzburg has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $53,300 in Sauget).

Population, income & housing

	Lenzburg	Sauget
Population	513	299
Median age	32.0 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,722	$60,469
Median home value	$92,500	$53,300
Median gross rent	$645	$676
Housing units	228	175
Homeownership rate	65.5%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	34.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenzburg	Sauget
Population	454 → 513 (+13.0%)	156 → 299 (+91.7%)
Median household income	$39,850 → $44,722 (+12.2%)	$54,167 → $60,469 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $92,500 (+44.1%)	$45,000 → $53,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $645 (-20.4%)	$725 → $676 (-6.8%)

Lenzburg

Population

454513

Median household income

$39,850$44,722

Median home value

$64,200$92,500

Median gross rent

$810$645

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)

	Lenzburg	Sauget
Under 5	10.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	8.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	5.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	24.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	17.4%
75 and over	2.9%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenzburg	Sauget
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	1.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenzburg	Sauget
No high school diploma	16.3%	14.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenzburg	Sauget
Drove alone	91.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenzburg	Sauget
1-unit, detached	75.9%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Lenzburg	Sauget
Poverty rate	17.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.57	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	13
Median year structure built	1968	1958