Nekoma vs Ophiem

A side-by-side comparison of Nekoma and Ophiem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ophiem has the higher population (149 vs 54 in Nekoma). Ophiem has the higher median household income ($65,948 vs $18,563 in Nekoma). Since 2019, Nekoma's population has grown faster (+12.5% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Nekoma	Ophiem
Population	54	149
Median age	71.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$18,563	$65,948
Median home value	—	$95,200
Housing units	54	74
Homeownership rate	81.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nekoma	Ophiem
Population	48 → 54 (+12.5%)	180 → 149 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$16,012 → $18,563 (+15.9%)	$61,538 → $65,948 (+7.2%)
Median home value	—	$67,400 → $95,200 (+41.2%)

Nekoma

Population

4854

Median household income

$16,012$18,563

Ophiem

Population

180149

Median household income

$61,538$65,948

Median home value

$67,400$95,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nekoma	Ophiem
Under 5	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	20.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	26.8%
65 to 74	92.6%	8.7%
75 and over	7.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nekoma	Ophiem
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	18.5%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	19.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nekoma	Ophiem
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nekoma	Ophiem
Drove alone	—	100.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nekoma	Ophiem
1-unit, detached	81.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nekoma	Ophiem
Poverty rate	0.0%	73.8%
Average household size	—	2.57
Median year structure built	1938	1938