Oak Run vs Yates City

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

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

Oak Run has the higher population (722 vs 636 in Yates City). Oak Run has the higher median household income ($120,972 vs $61,500 in Yates City). Oak Run has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $94,600 in Yates City).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Run	Yates City
Population	722	636
Median age	60.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$120,972	$61,500
Median home value	$280,600	$94,600
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	633	320
Homeownership rate	98.8%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Run	Yates City
Population	556 → 722 (+29.9%)	832 → 636 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$79,750 → $120,972 (+51.7%)	$49,904 → $61,500 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$240,000 → $280,600 (+16.9%)	$82,400 → $94,600 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$728 → $625 (-14.1%)

Oak Run

Population

556722

Median household income

$79,750$120,972

Median home value

$240,000$280,600

Yates City

Population

832636

Median household income

$49,904$61,500

Median home value

$82,400$94,600

Median gross rent

$728$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Run	Yates City
Under 5	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	9.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	0.6%	17.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	28.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	28.1%	16.8%
75 and over	4.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Run	Yates City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Run	Yates City
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	15.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Run	Yates City
Drove alone	74.1%	89.3%
Carpooled	17.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Run	Yates City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Run	Yates City
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1998	1951