Sauget vs St. Libory

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

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

St. Libory has the higher population (612 vs 299 in Sauget). St. Libory has the higher median household income ($113,000 vs $60,469 in Sauget). St. Libory has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $53,300 in Sauget).

Population, income & housing

	Sauget	St. Libory
Population	299	612
Median age	59.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,469	$113,000
Median home value	$53,300	$168,800
Median gross rent	$676	$788
Housing units	175	304
Homeownership rate	51.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	34.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sauget	St. Libory
Population	156 → 299 (+91.7%)	508 → 612 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $60,469 (+11.6%)	$66,875 → $113,000 (+69.0%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $53,300 (+18.4%)	$136,900 → $168,800 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $676 (-6.8%)	$789 → $788 (-0.1%)

Sauget

Population

156299

Median household income

$54,167$60,469

Median home value

$45,000$53,300

Median gross rent

$725$676

St. Libory

Population

508612

Median household income

$66,875$113,000

Median home value

$136,900$168,800

Median gross rent

$789$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sauget	St. Libory
Under 5	1.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	18.3%
45 to 54	5.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	24.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	13.9%
75 and over	19.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sauget	St. Libory
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	95.8%
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	3.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sauget	St. Libory
No high school diploma	14.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	42.5%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sauget	St. Libory
Drove alone	79.4%	88.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	20.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sauget	St. Libory
1-unit, detached	72.6%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Sauget	St. Libory
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1958	1980