Onarga vs Sheldon

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

Onarga and Sheldon 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 1,309 in Sheldon). Onarga has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $43,942 in Sheldon). Onarga has the higher median home value ($96,500 vs $75,200 in Sheldon).

Population, income & housing

	Onarga	Sheldon
Population	1,362	1,309
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$43,942
Median home value	$96,500	$75,200
Median gross rent	$748	$738
Housing units	554	630
Homeownership rate	85.8%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onarga	Sheldon
Population	1,055 → 1,362 (+29.1%)	1,169 → 1,309 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$46,635 → $64,286 (+37.8%)	$42,152 → $43,942 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $96,500 (+11.3%)	$64,200 → $75,200 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $748 (+19.7%)	$725 → $738 (+1.8%)

Onarga

Population

1,0551,362

Median household income

$46,635$64,286

Median home value

$86,700$96,500

Median gross rent

$625$748

Sheldon

Population

1,1691,309

Median household income

$42,152$43,942

Median home value

$64,200$75,200

Median gross rent

$725$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onarga	Sheldon
Under 5	2.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	14.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	20.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.2%
75 and over	7.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onarga	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	37.7%	95.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	59.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onarga	Sheldon
No high school diploma	34.8%	22.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onarga	Sheldon
Drove alone	82.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	13.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onarga	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	91.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Onarga	Sheldon
Poverty rate	9.2%	17.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1959	1946