Belgium vs Sidell

A side-by-side comparison of Belgium and Sidell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sidell has the higher population (447 vs 326 in Belgium). Belgium has the higher median household income ($61,591 vs $61,250 in Sidell). Belgium has the higher median home value ($75,900 vs $73,600 in Sidell).

Population, income & housing

	Belgium	Sidell
Population	326	447
Median age	50.3 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,591	$61,250
Median home value	$75,900	$73,600
Median gross rent	$831	$900
Housing units	176	209
Homeownership rate	71.8%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belgium	Sidell
Population	392 → 326 (-16.8%)	475 → 447 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $61,591 (+45.8%)	$54,375 → $61,250 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $75,900 (+6.2%)	$58,400 → $73,600 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $831 (+41.1%)	$629 → $900 (+43.1%)

Belgium

Population

392326

Median household income

$42,250$61,591

Median home value

$71,500$75,900

Median gross rent

$589$831

Sidell

Population

475447

Median household income

$54,375$61,250

Median home value

$58,400$73,600

Median gross rent

$629$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belgium	Sidell
Under 5	6.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	6.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	23.3%	22.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	15.0%
75 and over	8.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belgium	Sidell
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belgium	Sidell
No high school diploma	12.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.6%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belgium	Sidell
Drove alone	87.6%	94.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belgium	Sidell
1-unit, detached	79.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Belgium	Sidell
Poverty rate	12.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1954	1938