Ewing vs Orient

A side-by-side comparison of Ewing and Orient: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orient has the higher population (380 vs 301 in Ewing). Ewing has the higher median household income ($70,455 vs $39,167 in Orient). Ewing has the higher median home value ($72,800 vs $49,100 in Orient).

Population, income & housing

	Ewing	Orient
Population	301	380
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,455	$39,167
Median home value	$72,800	$49,100
Median gross rent	$760	$731
Housing units	136	212
Homeownership rate	84.2%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ewing	Orient
Population	279 → 301 (+7.9%)	426 → 380 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$55,417 → $70,455 (+27.1%)	$28,958 → $39,167 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $72,800 (+9.5%)	$41,600 → $49,100 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $760 (+8.6%)	$600 → $731 (+21.8%)

Ewing

Population

279301

Median household income

$55,417$70,455

Median home value

$66,500$72,800

Median gross rent

$700$760

Orient

Population

426380

Median household income

$28,958$39,167

Median home value

$41,600$49,100

Median gross rent

$600$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ewing	Orient
Under 5	1.7%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.6%	8.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	19.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	17.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.7%
75 and over	10.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ewing	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ewing	Orient
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ewing	Orient
Drove alone	96.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	0.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ewing	Orient
1-unit, detached	81.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Ewing	Orient
Poverty rate	9.3%	25.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	39
Median year structure built	1970	1945