Geneseo vs Orion

A side-by-side comparison of Geneseo and Orion: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Geneseo has the higher population (6,577 vs 1,849 in Orion). Orion has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $65,226 in Geneseo). Geneseo has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $168,300 in Orion).

Population, income & housing

	Geneseo	Orion
Population	6,577	1,849
Median age	45.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,226	$88,500
Median home value	$196,400	$168,300
Median gross rent	$952	$783
Housing units	3,223	716
Homeownership rate	72.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneseo	Orion
Population	6,599 → 6,577 (-0.3%)	2,006 → 1,849 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$62,967 → $65,226 (+3.6%)	$70,694 → $88,500 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $196,400 (+35.5%)	$143,600 → $168,300 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $952 (+31.1%)	$721 → $783 (+8.6%)

Geneseo

Population

6,5996,577

Median household income

$62,967$65,226

Median home value

$144,900$196,400

Median gross rent

$726$952

Orion

Population

2,0061,849

Median household income

$70,694$88,500

Median home value

$143,600$168,300

Median gross rent

$721$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Geneseo	Orion
Under 5	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	18.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	6.1%
75 and over	14.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneseo	Orion
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneseo	Orion
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.1%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneseo	Orion
Drove alone	88.4%	88.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.1%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneseo	Orion
1-unit, detached	75.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Geneseo	Orion
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1962	1965