Kewanee vs Orion

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

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

Kewanee has the higher population (12,280 vs 1,849 in Orion). Orion has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $49,668 in Kewanee). Orion has the higher median home value ($168,300 vs $70,000 in Kewanee).

Population, income & housing

	Kewanee	Orion
Population	12,280	1,849
Median age	43.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,668	$88,500
Median home value	$70,000	$168,300
Median gross rent	$775	$783
Housing units	5,948	716
Homeownership rate	69.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kewanee	Orion
Population	12,547 → 12,280 (-2.1%)	2,006 → 1,849 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$41,664 → $49,668 (+19.2%)	$70,694 → $88,500 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)	$143,600 → $168,300 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $775 (+24.8%)	$721 → $783 (+8.6%)

Kewanee

Population

12,54712,280

Median household income

$41,664$49,668

Median home value

$60,000$70,000

Median gross rent

$621$775

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)

	Kewanee	Orion
Under 5	6.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	18.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.1%
75 and over	9.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kewanee	Orion
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kewanee	Orion
No high school diploma	16.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	37.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kewanee	Orion
Drove alone	78.3%	88.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	4.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kewanee	Orion
1-unit, detached	82.6%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Kewanee	Orion
Poverty rate	15.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1948	1965