Oblong vs Palestine

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

Oblong and Palestine 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 1,396 in Palestine). Palestine has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $52,702 in Oblong). Oblong has the higher median home value ($78,400 vs $75,800 in Palestine).

Population, income & housing

	Oblong	Palestine
Population	1,617	1,396
Median age	34.8 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,702	$60,000
Median home value	$78,400	$75,800
Median gross rent	$532	$755
Housing units	786	666
Homeownership rate	65.4%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oblong	Palestine
Population	1,326 → 1,617 (+21.9%)	1,185 → 1,396 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$41,005 → $52,702 (+28.5%)	$38,661 → $60,000 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$52,200 → $78,400 (+50.2%)	$57,000 → $75,800 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$503 → $532 (+5.8%)	$470 → $755 (+60.6%)

Oblong

Population

1,3261,617

Median household income

$41,005$52,702

Median home value

$52,200$78,400

Median gross rent

$503$532

Palestine

Population

1,1851,396

Median household income

$38,661$60,000

Median home value

$57,000$75,800

Median gross rent

$470$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oblong	Palestine
Under 5	8.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	20.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.5%
75 and over	9.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oblong	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oblong	Palestine
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oblong	Palestine
Drove alone	88.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	3.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oblong	Palestine
1-unit, detached	76.2%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Oblong	Palestine
Poverty rate	22.2%	10.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1964	1954