Sims vs Wayne City

A side-by-side comparison of Sims and Wayne City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wayne City has the higher population (1,050 vs 164 in Sims). Wayne City has the higher median household income ($58,208 vs $47,708 in Sims). Wayne City has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $46,300 in Sims).

Population, income & housing

	Sims	Wayne City
Population	164	1,050
Median age	57.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$58,208
Median home value	$46,300	$108,600
Median gross rent	—	$746
Housing units	111	486
Homeownership rate	89.7%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sims	Wayne City
Population	148 → 164 (+10.8%)	965 → 1,050 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$44,531 → $47,708 (+7.1%)	$51,389 → $58,208 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $46,300 (-7.4%)	$97,300 → $108,600 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$673 → $746 (+10.8%)

Sims

Population

148164

Median household income

$44,531$47,708

Median home value

$50,000$46,300

Wayne City

Population

9651,050

Median household income

$51,389$58,208

Median home value

$97,300$108,600

Median gross rent

$673$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sims	Wayne City
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	6.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	19.0%
55 to 64	23.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.3%
75 and over	14.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sims	Wayne City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	99.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sims	Wayne City
No high school diploma	21.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sims	Wayne City
Drove alone	81.7%	88.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	4.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sims	Wayne City
1-unit, detached	49.5%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	50.5%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Sims	Wayne City
Poverty rate	28.0%	11.3%
Average household size	1.89	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1973	1975