Knoxville vs Oak Run

A side-by-side comparison of Knoxville and Oak Run: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Knoxville has the higher population (3,137 vs 722 in Oak Run). Oak Run has the higher median household income ($120,972 vs $80,385 in Knoxville). Oak Run has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $139,900 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Oak Run
Population	3,137	722
Median age	43.3 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,385	$120,972
Median home value	$139,900	$280,600
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	1,355	633
Homeownership rate	84.8%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Oak Run
Population	3,031 → 3,137 (+3.5%)	556 → 722 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$57,350 → $80,385 (+40.2%)	$79,750 → $120,972 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $139,900 (+31.9%)	$240,000 → $280,600 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $675 (+4.0%)	—

Knoxville

Population

3,0313,137

Median household income

$57,350$80,385

Median home value

$106,100$139,900

Median gross rent

$649$675

Oak Run

Population

556722

Median household income

$79,750$120,972

Median home value

$240,000$280,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knoxville	Oak Run
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	0.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	28.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	28.1%
75 and over	11.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Oak Run
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Oak Run
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.8%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Oak Run
Drove alone	88.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Oak Run
1-unit, detached	80.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Oak Run
Poverty rate	6.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1959	1998