North City vs Orient

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

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

North City has the higher population (708 vs 380 in Orient). North City has the higher median household income ($50,469 vs $39,167 in Orient). North City has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $49,100 in Orient).

Population, income & housing

	North City	Orient
Population	708	380
Median age	56.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,469	$39,167
Median home value	$107,400	$49,100
Median gross rent	$1,106	$731
Housing units	357	212
Homeownership rate	91.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North City	Orient
Population	560 → 708 (+26.4%)	426 → 380 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $50,469 (+16.0%)	$28,958 → $39,167 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $107,400 (+65.2%)	$41,600 → $49,100 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $1,106 (+61.7%)	$600 → $731 (+21.8%)

North City

Population

560708

Median household income

$43,500$50,469

Median home value

$65,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$684$1,106

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)

	North City	Orient
Under 5	3.7%	9.2%
5 to 17	9.5%	8.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	17.9%
55 to 64	27.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	13.7%
75 and over	10.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North City	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North City	Orient
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North City	Orient
Drove alone	69.0%	85.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North City	Orient
1-unit, detached	88.5%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	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	10.4%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	North City	Orient
Poverty rate	9.6%	25.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1971	1945