Lomax vs Oquawka

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

Lomax 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 321 in Lomax). Lomax has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $51,477 in Oquawka). Oquawka has the higher median home value ($87,200 vs $81,400 in Lomax).

Population, income & housing

	Lomax	Oquawka
Population	321	990
Median age	41.9 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$51,477
Median home value	$81,400	$87,200
Median gross rent	$825	$492
Housing units	138	669
Homeownership rate	83.9%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lomax	Oquawka
Population	396 → 321 (-18.9%)	1,452 → 990 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$30,417 → $51,875 (+70.5%)	$42,043 → $51,477 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $81,400 (+22.4%)	$72,400 → $87,200 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $825 (+43.5%)	$534 → $492 (-7.9%)

Lomax

Population

396321

Median household income

$30,417$51,875

Median home value

$66,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$575$825

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)

	Lomax	Oquawka
Under 5	7.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	6.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	18.7%	16.8%
75 and over	6.2%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lomax	Oquawka
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	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	0.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lomax	Oquawka
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	45.7%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lomax	Oquawka
Drove alone	89.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	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)

	Lomax	Oquawka
1-unit, detached	87.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Lomax	Oquawka
Poverty rate	13.7%	15.9%
Average household size	2.72	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1962	1972