Onarga vs Watseka

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

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

Watseka has the higher population (4,630 vs 1,362 in Onarga). Onarga has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $42,794 in Watseka). Watseka has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $96,500 in Onarga).

Population, income & housing

	Onarga	Watseka
Population	1,362	4,630
Median age	42.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$42,794
Median home value	$96,500	$104,400
Median gross rent	$748	$815
Housing units	554	2,384
Homeownership rate	85.8%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onarga	Watseka
Population	1,055 → 1,362 (+29.1%)	4,954 → 4,630 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$46,635 → $64,286 (+37.8%)	$39,281 → $42,794 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $96,500 (+11.3%)	$85,500 → $104,400 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $748 (+19.7%)	$648 → $815 (+25.8%)

Onarga

Population

1,0551,362

Median household income

$46,635$64,286

Median home value

$86,700$96,500

Median gross rent

$625$748

Watseka

Population

4,9544,630

Median household income

$39,281$42,794

Median home value

$85,500$104,400

Median gross rent

$648$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onarga	Watseka
Under 5	2.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	14.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.8%
75 and over	7.5%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onarga	Watseka
White (non-Hispanic)	37.7%	84.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	59.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onarga	Watseka
No high school diploma	34.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	34.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onarga	Watseka
Drove alone	82.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	13.8%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onarga	Watseka
1-unit, detached	91.5%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Onarga	Watseka
Poverty rate	9.2%	25.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1959	1965