Owaneco vs Tovey

A side-by-side comparison of Owaneco and Tovey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owaneco has the higher population (744 vs 707 in Tovey). Tovey has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $66,875 in Owaneco). Owaneco has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $78,200 in Tovey).

Population, income & housing

	Owaneco	Tovey
Population	744	707
Median age	33.5 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$81,250
Median home value	$96,300	$78,200
Median gross rent	$835	$541
Housing units	209	281
Homeownership rate	84.9%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owaneco	Tovey
Population	237 → 744 (+213.9%)	454 → 707 (+55.7%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $66,875 (+10.3%)	$52,857 → $81,250 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $96,300 (+32.1%)	$73,700 → $78,200 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $835 (+30.5%)	$654 → $541 (-17.3%)

Owaneco

Population

237744

Median household income

$60,625$66,875

Median home value

$72,900$96,300

Median gross rent

$640$835

Tovey

Population

454707

Median household income

$52,857$81,250

Median home value

$73,700$78,200

Median gross rent

$654$541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owaneco	Tovey
Under 5	7.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	23.7%	29.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	3.0%
75 and over	6.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owaneco	Tovey
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owaneco	Tovey
No high school diploma	10.4%	12.6%
High school graduate	42.8%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owaneco	Tovey
Drove alone	85.6%	89.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owaneco	Tovey
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Owaneco	Tovey
Poverty rate	16.8%	4.4%
Average household size	3.63	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1938	1957