Mattoon vs Oakland

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

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

Mattoon has the higher population (16,334 vs 948 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($49,571 vs $47,308 in Mattoon). Oakland has the higher median home value ($97,200 vs $96,000 in Mattoon).

Population, income & housing

	Mattoon	Oakland
Population	16,334	948
Median age	42.6 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,308	$49,571
Median home value	$96,000	$97,200
Median gross rent	$764	$509
Housing units	8,762	537
Homeownership rate	56.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mattoon	Oakland
Population	17,394 → 16,334 (-6.1%)	962 → 948 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$39,852 → $47,308 (+18.7%)	$54,583 → $49,571 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $96,000 (+12.4%)	$73,500 → $97,200 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $764 (+15.2%)	$669 → $509 (-23.9%)

Mattoon

Population

17,39416,334

Median household income

$39,852$47,308

Median home value

$85,400$96,000

Median gross rent

$663$764

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)

	Mattoon	Oakland
Under 5	5.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	5.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.7%
75 and over	8.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mattoon	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	98.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mattoon	Oakland
No high school diploma	10.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mattoon	Oakland
Drove alone	79.2%	74.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	10.2%
Other means	1.3%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mattoon	Oakland
1-unit, detached	69.3%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Mattoon	Oakland
Poverty rate	21.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1956	1965