Carman vs Oquawka

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

Carman 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 343 in Carman). Carman has the higher median household income ($153,419 vs $51,477 in Oquawka). Oquawka has the higher median home value ($87,200 vs $77,400 in Carman).

Population, income & housing

	Carman	Oquawka
Population	343	990
Median age	39.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,419	$51,477
Median home value	$77,400	$87,200
Median gross rent	—	$492
Housing units	77	669
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carman	Oquawka
Population	187 → 343 (+83.4%)	1,452 → 990 (-31.8%)
Median household income	—	$42,043 → $51,477 (+22.4%)
Median home value	—	$72,400 → $87,200 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$534 → $492 (-7.9%)

Carman

Population

187343

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)

	Carman	Oquawka
Under 5	8.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	7.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	5.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	42.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.8%
75 and over	0.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carman	Oquawka
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carman	Oquawka
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	60.6%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carman	Oquawka
Drove alone	77.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	22.6%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carman	Oquawka
1-unit, detached	72.7%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Carman	Oquawka
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.9%
Average household size	4.45	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1978	1972