Hutsonville vs Oblong

A side-by-side comparison of Hutsonville and Oblong: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oblong has the higher population (1,617 vs 645 in Hutsonville). Hutsonville has the higher median household income ($57,353 vs $52,702 in Oblong). Oblong has the higher median home value ($78,400 vs $62,900 in Hutsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Hutsonville	Oblong
Population	645	1,617
Median age	41.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,353	$52,702
Median home value	$62,900	$78,400
Median gross rent	—	$532
Housing units	253	786
Homeownership rate	75.6%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hutsonville	Oblong
Population	563 → 645 (+14.6%)	1,326 → 1,617 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $57,353 (+3.8%)	$41,005 → $52,702 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $62,900 (-6.0%)	$52,200 → $78,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $700 (+10.6%)	$503 → $532 (+5.8%)

Hutsonville

Population

563645

Median household income

$55,250$57,353

Median home value

$66,900$62,900

Median gross rent

$633$700

Oblong

Population

1,3261,617

Median household income

$41,005$52,702

Median home value

$52,200$78,400

Median gross rent

$503$532

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hutsonville	Oblong
Under 5	3.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	20.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.5%
75 and over	4.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hutsonville	Oblong
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hutsonville	Oblong
No high school diploma	3.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	33.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hutsonville	Oblong
Drove alone	90.5%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hutsonville	Oblong
1-unit, detached	76.7%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Hutsonville	Oblong
Poverty rate	22.8%	22.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	34	18
Median year structure built	1955	1964