Sailor Springs, Illinois
2026 Edition · 7 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 3.3% since 2020.
87
people, the 1248th-largest of Illinois's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Illinois's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $177.
A $177 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Clay County.
- $608 Tract 9722
- $785 Tract 9720
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 100% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.
0
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2013 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 91% less than Illinois's.
$22,500
median home value in Sailor Springs.
- $22,500 Sailor Springs
- $263,300 Illinois
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year