Clifton vs Onarga

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

Clifton 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 1,279 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median household income ($69,276 vs $64,286 in Onarga). Clifton has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $96,500 in Onarga).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Onarga
Population	1,279	1,362
Median age	40.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,276	$64,286
Median home value	$184,100	$96,500
Median gross rent	$839	$748
Housing units	557	554
Homeownership rate	72.4%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Onarga
Population	1,326 → 1,279 (-3.5%)	1,055 → 1,362 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$72,778 → $69,276 (-4.8%)	$46,635 → $64,286 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $184,100 (+32.4%)	$86,700 → $96,500 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $839 (+7.8%)	$625 → $748 (+19.7%)

Clifton

Population

1,3261,279

Median household income

$72,778$69,276

Median home value

$139,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$778$839

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)

	Clifton	Onarga
Under 5	4.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	14.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.3%
75 and over	6.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Onarga
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	37.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	59.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Onarga
No high school diploma	3.1%	34.8%
High school graduate	41.1%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Onarga
Drove alone	88.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Onarga
1-unit, detached	84.9%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Onarga
Poverty rate	10.7%	9.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1960	1959