Oneida vs Wataga

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

Oneida 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 770 in Oneida). Oneida has the higher median household income ($66,615 vs $57,500 in Wataga). Oneida has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $95,700 in Wataga).

Population, income & housing

	Oneida	Wataga
Population	770	782
Median age	38.8 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,615	$57,500
Median home value	$107,400	$95,700
Median gross rent	$882	$634
Housing units	291	354
Homeownership rate	76.2%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oneida	Wataga
Population	708 → 770 (+8.8%)	820 → 782 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $66,615 (-6.5%)	$39,226 → $57,500 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $107,400 (+31.8%)	$81,500 → $95,700 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $882 (+5.9%)	$505 → $634 (+25.5%)

Oneida

Population

708770

Median household income

$71,250$66,615

Median home value

$81,500$107,400

Median gross rent

$833$882

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)

	Oneida	Wataga
Under 5	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.2%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	23.4%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	19.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.2%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.0%
75 and over	7.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oneida	Wataga
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oneida	Wataga
No high school diploma	3.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	40.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oneida	Wataga
Drove alone	87.9%	87.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oneida	Wataga
1-unit, detached	81.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oneida	Wataga
Poverty rate	3.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1960	1973