Gladstone vs Oquawka

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

Gladstone 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 176 in Gladstone). Oquawka has the higher median household income ($51,477 vs $42,500 in Gladstone). Oquawka has the higher median home value ($87,200 vs $56,800 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Oquawka
Population	176	990
Median age	62.8 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$51,477
Median home value	$56,800	$87,200
Median gross rent	$493	$492
Housing units	111	669
Homeownership rate	82.3%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Oquawka
Population	194 → 176 (-9.3%)	1,452 → 990 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $42,500 (+29.5%)	$42,043 → $51,477 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,800 (+26.2%)	$72,400 → $87,200 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$415 → $493 (+18.8%)	$534 → $492 (-7.9%)

Gladstone

Population

194176

Median household income

$32,813$42,500

Median home value

$45,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$415$493

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)

	Gladstone	Oquawka
Under 5	0.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	3.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	19.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	37.5%	16.8%
75 and over	7.4%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	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+

	Gladstone	Oquawka
No high school diploma	3.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	53.9%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Oquawka
Drove alone	95.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Oquawka
1-unit, detached	64.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Oquawka
Poverty rate	10.2%	15.9%
Average household size	1.83	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1969	1972