Sims is a village in Wayne County, Illinois, home to about 123 people across 1.2 square miles. Its ZIP code is 62886.
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)102 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (MWA)52 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO94 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL242 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Sims; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Sims had 166 residents in the 2020 census, down 39% since 2000.
It’s the 1311th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Wayne County grew from 27,626 residents in 1900 to 16,179 in 2020.
Wayne County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 90°F in summer, and winter lows average 25°F. About 45.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fairfield Radio Wfiw, IL weather station (11 miles away).
3,561 jobs at 374 businesses in Wayne County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Libraries
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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