Loraine vs Ursa

A side-by-side comparison of Loraine and Ursa: population, income, housing, and more.

Loraine and Ursa are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ursa has the higher population (596 vs 407 in Loraine). Ursa has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $56,855 in Loraine). Ursa has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $88,100 in Loraine).

Population, income & housing

	Loraine	Ursa
Population	407	596
Median age	48.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,855	$60,625
Median home value	$88,100	$151,100
Median gross rent	$629	$842
Housing units	189	281
Homeownership rate	84.5%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loraine	Ursa
Population	362 → 407 (+12.4%)	509 → 596 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$51,818 → $56,855 (+9.7%)	$51,250 → $60,625 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $88,100 (+1.5%)	$105,300 → $151,100 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $629 (+1.8%)	$633 → $842 (+33.0%)

Loraine

Population

362407

Median household income

$51,818$56,855

Median home value

$86,800$88,100

Median gross rent

$618$629

Ursa

Population

509596

Median household income

$51,250$60,625

Median home value

$105,300$151,100

Median gross rent

$633$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loraine	Ursa
Under 5	3.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	20.8%
65 to 74	23.3%	11.1%
75 and over	4.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loraine	Ursa
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loraine	Ursa
No high school diploma	11.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	51.3%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loraine	Ursa
Drove alone	81.3%	87.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loraine	Ursa
1-unit, detached	71.4%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Loraine	Ursa
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1953	1970