Chebanse vs Onarga

A side-by-side comparison of Chebanse and Onarga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onarga has the higher population (1,362 vs 1,033 in Chebanse). Chebanse has the higher median household income ($76,190 vs $64,286 in Onarga). Chebanse has the higher median home value ($149,300 vs $96,500 in Onarga).

Population, income & housing

	Chebanse	Onarga
Population	1,033	1,362
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,190	$64,286
Median home value	$149,300	$96,500
Median gross rent	$995	$748
Housing units	451	554
Homeownership rate	69.3%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chebanse	Onarga
Population	1,291 → 1,033 (-20.0%)	1,055 → 1,362 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$73,843 → $76,190 (+3.2%)	$46,635 → $64,286 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$144,000 → $149,300 (+3.7%)	$86,700 → $96,500 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $995 (+24.8%)	$625 → $748 (+19.7%)

Chebanse

Population

1,2911,033

Median household income

$73,843$76,190

Median home value

$144,000$149,300

Median gross rent

$797$995

Onarga

Population

1,0551,362

Median household income

$46,635$64,286

Median home value

$86,700$96,500

Median gross rent

$625$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chebanse	Onarga
Under 5	2.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	14.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	7.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chebanse	Onarga
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	37.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	59.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chebanse	Onarga
No high school diploma	4.1%	34.8%
High school graduate	41.5%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chebanse	Onarga
Drove alone	88.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chebanse	Onarga
1-unit, detached	83.1%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chebanse	Onarga
Poverty rate	3.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1956	1959