Abingdon vs Wataga

A side-by-side comparison of Abingdon and Wataga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abingdon has the higher population (3,424 vs 782 in Wataga). Wataga has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $56,414 in Abingdon). Wataga has the higher median home value ($95,700 vs $88,900 in Abingdon).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Wataga
Population	3,424	782
Median age	38.9 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,414	$57,500
Median home value	$88,900	$95,700
Median gross rent	$723	$634
Housing units	1,635	354
Homeownership rate	69.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Wataga
Population	3,509 → 3,424 (-2.4%)	820 → 782 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$44,072 → $56,414 (+28.0%)	$39,226 → $57,500 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $88,900 (+44.1%)	$81,500 → $95,700 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $723 (+32.2%)	$505 → $634 (+25.5%)

Abingdon

Population

3,5093,424

Median household income

$44,072$56,414

Median home value

$61,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$547$723

Wataga

Population

820782

Median household income

$39,226$57,500

Median home value

$81,500$95,700

Median gross rent

$505$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	Wataga
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	23.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.0%
75 and over	8.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Wataga
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	90.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Wataga
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	48.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Wataga
Drove alone	94.1%	87.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	11.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Wataga
1-unit, detached	90.0%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Wataga
Poverty rate	12.3%	14.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	39	22
Median year structure built	1952	1973