Bismarck vs Sidell

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

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

Bismarck has the higher population (510 vs 447 in Sidell). Bismarck has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $61,250 in Sidell). Bismarck has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $73,600 in Sidell).

Population, income & housing

	Bismarck	Sidell
Population	510	447
Median age	42.5 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$61,250
Median home value	$110,300	$73,600
Median gross rent	$817	$900
Housing units	223	209
Homeownership rate	86.2%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bismarck	Sidell
Population	616 → 510 (-17.2%)	475 → 447 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $76,875 (+17.1%)	$54,375 → $61,250 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $110,300 (+15.4%)	$58,400 → $73,600 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $817 (+8.9%)	$629 → $900 (+43.1%)

Bismarck

Population

616510

Median household income

$65,625$76,875

Median home value

$95,600$110,300

Median gross rent

$750$817

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)

	Bismarck	Sidell
Under 5	5.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	22.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.0%
75 and over	8.4%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bismarck	Sidell
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bismarck	Sidell
No high school diploma	1.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	19.3%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	57.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bismarck	Sidell
Drove alone	87.7%	94.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bismarck	Sidell
1-unit, detached	95.5%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bismarck	Sidell
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1970	1938