Loami is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.

It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It is adjacent to the Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary, a parcel of tallgrass prairie replanted on the loam soil after which the village is named.

[4] As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 804 people, 300 households, and 231 families residing in the village.

19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.