Ashmore vs Oakland

A side-by-side comparison of Ashmore and Oakland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakland has the higher population (948 vs 750 in Ashmore). Ashmore has the higher median household income ($57,361 vs $49,571 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median home value ($97,200 vs $87,100 in Ashmore).

Population, income & housing

	Ashmore	Oakland
Population	750	948
Median age	39.3 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,361	$49,571
Median home value	$87,100	$97,200
Median gross rent	$773	$509
Housing units	363	537
Homeownership rate	82.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashmore	Oakland
Population	782 → 750 (-4.1%)	962 → 948 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $57,361 (+15.7%)	$54,583 → $49,571 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $87,100 (+13.0%)	$73,500 → $97,200 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $773 (+23.5%)	$669 → $509 (-23.9%)

Ashmore

Population

782750

Median household income

$49,583$57,361

Median home value

$77,100$87,100

Median gross rent

$626$773

Oakland

Population

962948

Median household income

$54,583$49,571

Median home value

$73,500$97,200

Median gross rent

$669$509

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashmore	Oakland
Under 5	3.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	15.7%
75 and over	5.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashmore	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	98.3%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.3%
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	0.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashmore	Oakland
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashmore	Oakland
Drove alone	85.8%	74.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashmore	Oakland
1-unit, detached	86.5%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Ashmore	Oakland
Poverty rate	21.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1970	1965