Lerna vs Oakland

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

Lerna 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 220 in Lerna). Oakland has the higher median household income ($49,571 vs $48,750 in Lerna). Oakland has the higher median home value ($97,200 vs $80,800 in Lerna).

Population, income & housing

	Lerna	Oakland
Population	220	948
Median age	30.3 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$49,571
Median home value	$80,800	$97,200
Median gross rent	$800	$509
Housing units	127	537
Homeownership rate	71.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lerna	Oakland
Population	253 → 220 (-13.0%)	962 → 948 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $48,750 (+12.1%)	$54,583 → $49,571 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $80,800 (+22.1%)	$73,500 → $97,200 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $800 (+53.6%)	$669 → $509 (-23.9%)

Lerna

Population

253220

Median household income

$43,500$48,750

Median home value

$66,200$80,800

Median gross rent

$521$800

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)

	Lerna	Oakland
Under 5	11.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	6.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	15.7%
75 and over	10.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lerna	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	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	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lerna	Oakland
No high school diploma	6.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	50.3%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lerna	Oakland
Drove alone	89.2%	74.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lerna	Oakland
1-unit, detached	81.9%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lerna	Oakland
Poverty rate	17.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1961	1965