Sauk Village, Illinois

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

ALMANAC

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4–0.7% to the 3,635 homes here.

14–26

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 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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Population

Down 2.7% since 2020.

9,624

people, the 228th-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
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.7%

of 2,627 jobs located in Sauk Village are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 31% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,502

a month. Illinois's median is $1,274.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $3,070 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Cook County.
- $431 Tract 1301
- $3,501 Tract 8080.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$1,393–$2,090

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,502 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 0 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 91% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4–0.7% to the 3,635 homes here.

14–26

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 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
Home value

A median home costs 58% less than Illinois's.

$110,800

median home value in Sauk Village.
- $110,800 Sauk Village
- $263,300 Illinois
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Sauk Village, Illinois

Sauk Village,
Illinois.

Down 2.7% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 31% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.4–0.7% to the 3,635 homes here.

A median home costs 58% less than Illinois's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Down 2.7% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 31% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.4–0.7% to the 3,635 homes here.

A median home costs 58% less than Illinois's.

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