Oak Run vs Wataga

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

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

Wataga has the higher population (782 vs 722 in Oak Run). Oak Run has the higher median household income ($120,972 vs $57,500 in Wataga). Oak Run has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $95,700 in Wataga).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Run	Wataga
Population	722	782
Median age	60.2 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,972	$57,500
Median home value	$280,600	$95,700
Median gross rent	—	$634
Housing units	633	354
Homeownership rate	98.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Run	Wataga
Population	556 → 722 (+29.9%)	820 → 782 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$79,750 → $120,972 (+51.7%)	$39,226 → $57,500 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$240,000 → $280,600 (+16.9%)	$81,500 → $95,700 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$505 → $634 (+25.5%)

Oak Run

Population

556722

Median household income

$79,750$120,972

Median home value

$240,000$280,600

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)

	Oak Run	Wataga
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	0.6%	23.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	28.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	28.1%	10.0%
75 and over	4.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Run	Wataga
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Run	Wataga
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	15.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Run	Wataga
Drove alone	74.1%	87.1%
Carpooled	17.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Run	Wataga
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Run	Wataga
Poverty rate	4.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1998	1973