| Sibley | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Image Map1: | Illinois in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Illinois in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 40.5875°N -88.3758°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ford |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jim Kearney |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.28 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.49 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.24 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.48 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Elevation Ft: | 817 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 288 |
| Population Density Km2: | 231.39 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 598.75 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 61773 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 217 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-69810 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2399817 |
Sibley is a village in Ford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 288 at the 2020 census.
The site of Sibley was laid out for Michael L. Sullivant, the namesake of Sullivant Township, in 1877. Sullivant sold the land to Hiram Sibley in 1878. The post office was established in 1873 under the name Burr Oaks, but was renamed Sibley in 1880.[2]
Sibley was once cited on Ripley's Believe It or Not! as the home of the largest corn crib in the World with a capacity of 125,000 bushels. However, it was demolished in 1965.[3]
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Sibley has a total area of 0.49sqmi, of which 0.48sqmi (or 97.37%) is land and 0.01sqmi (or 2.63%) is water.[4]
As of the 2020 census[5] there were 288 people, 111 households, and 58 families residing in the village. The population density was 583PD/sqmi. There were 149 housing units at an average density of 301.62/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 89.24% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.43% from other races, and 8.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.08% of the population.
There were 111 households, out of which 19.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.95% were married couples living together, 5.41% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.75% were non-families. 41.44% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.82% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 2.01.
The village's age distribution consisted of 18.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 14.8% from 25 to 44, 35% from 45 to 64, and 25.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 72.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.2 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $49,375, and the median income for a family was $70,500. Males had a median income of $49,250 versus $31,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $27,225. About 8.6% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.5% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.