Janesville vs Oakland

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

Janesville 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 14 in Janesville). Since 2019, Oakland's population has grown faster (-1.5% vs -63.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Janesville	Oakland
Population	14	948
Median age	—	48.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,571
Median home value	—	$97,200
Median gross rent	—	$509
Housing units	14	537
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Janesville	Oakland
Population	38 → 14 (-63.2%)	962 → 948 (-1.5%)
Median household income	—	$54,583 → $49,571 (-9.2%)
Median home value	—	$73,500 → $97,200 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$669 → $509 (-23.9%)

Janesville

Population

3814

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)

	Janesville	Oakland
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	50.0%	5.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	50.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.7%
75 and over	0.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Janesville	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Janesville	Oakland
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Janesville	Oakland
Drove alone	100.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Janesville	Oakland
1-unit, detached	50.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Janesville	Oakland
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	—	1965