Knoxville vs Wataga

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

Knoxville and Wataga 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 782 in Wataga). Knoxville has the higher median household income ($80,385 vs $57,500 in Wataga). Knoxville has the higher median home value ($139,900 vs $95,700 in Wataga).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Wataga
Population	3,137	782
Median age	43.3 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,385	$57,500
Median home value	$139,900	$95,700
Median gross rent	$675	$634
Housing units	1,355	354
Homeownership rate	84.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Wataga
Population	3,031 → 3,137 (+3.5%)	820 → 782 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$57,350 → $80,385 (+40.2%)	$39,226 → $57,500 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $139,900 (+31.9%)	$81,500 → $95,700 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $675 (+4.0%)	$505 → $634 (+25.5%)

Knoxville

Population

3,0313,137

Median household income

$57,350$80,385

Median home value

$106,100$139,900

Median gross rent

$649$675

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)

	Knoxville	Wataga
Under 5	6.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	23.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.0%
75 and over	11.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Wataga
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Wataga
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.8%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Wataga
Drove alone	88.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Wataga
1-unit, detached	80.7%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Wataga
Poverty rate	6.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1959	1973