Oblong vs Robinson

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

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

Robinson has the higher population (7,005 vs 1,617 in Oblong). Robinson has the higher median household income ($67,591 vs $52,702 in Oblong). Robinson has the higher median home value ($102,600 vs $78,400 in Oblong).

Population, income & housing

	Oblong	Robinson
Population	1,617	7,005
Median age	34.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,702	$67,591
Median home value	$78,400	$102,600
Median gross rent	$532	$809
Housing units	786	3,131
Homeownership rate	65.4%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oblong	Robinson
Population	1,326 → 1,617 (+21.9%)	7,614 → 7,005 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$41,005 → $52,702 (+28.5%)	$44,292 → $67,591 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$52,200 → $78,400 (+50.2%)	$77,600 → $102,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$503 → $532 (+5.8%)	$647 → $809 (+25.0%)

Oblong

Population

1,3261,617

Median household income

$41,005$52,702

Median home value

$52,200$78,400

Median gross rent

$503$532

Robinson

Population

7,6147,005

Median household income

$44,292$67,591

Median home value

$77,600$102,600

Median gross rent

$647$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oblong	Robinson
Under 5	8.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	20.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.4%
75 and over	9.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oblong	Robinson
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	84.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oblong	Robinson
No high school diploma	10.6%	18.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oblong	Robinson
Drove alone	88.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oblong	Robinson
1-unit, detached	76.2%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Oblong	Robinson
Poverty rate	22.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1964	1957