Oblong vs Stoy

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

Oblong and Stoy 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 201 in Stoy). Stoy has the higher median household income ($76,056 vs $52,702 in Oblong). Stoy has the higher median home value ($102,200 vs $78,400 in Oblong).

Population, income & housing

	Oblong	Stoy
Population	1,617	201
Median age	34.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,702	$76,056
Median home value	$78,400	$102,200
Median gross rent	$532	—
Housing units	786	94
Homeownership rate	65.4%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oblong	Stoy
Population	1,326 → 1,617 (+21.9%)	200 → 201 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$41,005 → $52,702 (+28.5%)	$71,250 → $76,056 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$52,200 → $78,400 (+50.2%)	$65,000 → $102,200 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$503 → $532 (+5.8%)	—

Oblong

Population

1,3261,617

Median household income

$41,005$52,702

Median home value

$52,200$78,400

Median gross rent

$503$532

Stoy

Population

200201

Median household income

$71,250$76,056

Median home value

$65,000$102,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oblong	Stoy
Under 5	8.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	24.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	14.4%
25 to 34	20.9%	3.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	26.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	4.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.0%
75 and over	9.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oblong	Stoy
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	49.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	5.5%	48.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oblong	Stoy
No high school diploma	10.6%	19.1%
High school graduate	38.2%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oblong	Stoy
Drove alone	88.4%	97.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	1.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oblong	Stoy
1-unit, detached	76.2%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Oblong	Stoy
Poverty rate	22.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	9
Median year structure built	1964	2000