Biggsville vs Oquawka

A side-by-side comparison of Biggsville and Oquawka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oquawka has the higher population (990 vs 298 in Biggsville). Biggsville has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $51,477 in Oquawka). Oquawka has the higher median home value ($87,200 vs $83,600 in Biggsville).

Population, income & housing

	Biggsville	Oquawka
Population	298	990
Median age	52.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,417	$51,477
Median home value	$83,600	$87,200
Median gross rent	$388	$492
Housing units	154	669
Homeownership rate	90.5%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggsville	Oquawka
Population	351 → 298 (-15.1%)	1,452 → 990 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $75,417 (+40.3%)	$42,043 → $51,477 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,600 (-3.6%)	$72,400 → $87,200 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $388 (-47.1%)	$534 → $492 (-7.9%)

Biggsville

Population

351298

Median household income

$53,750$75,417

Median home value

$86,700$83,600

Median gross rent

$733$388

Oquawka

Population

1,452990

Median household income

$42,043$51,477

Median home value

$72,400$87,200

Median gross rent

$534$492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biggsville	Oquawka
Under 5	3.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	16.8%
75 and over	16.4%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggsville	Oquawka
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggsville	Oquawka
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.1%
High school graduate	27.0%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggsville	Oquawka
Drove alone	93.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	1.2%	9.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggsville	Oquawka
1-unit, detached	90.9%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Biggsville	Oquawka
Poverty rate	9.7%	15.9%
Average household size	2.18	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1947	1972