Wataga vs Yates City

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

Wataga and Yates City 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 636 in Yates City). Yates City has the higher median household income ($61,500 vs $57,500 in Wataga). Wataga has the higher median home value ($95,700 vs $94,600 in Yates City).

Population, income & housing

	Wataga	Yates City
Population	782	636
Median age	32.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$61,500
Median home value	$95,700	$94,600
Median gross rent	$634	$625
Housing units	354	320
Homeownership rate	72.2%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wataga	Yates City
Population	820 → 782 (-4.6%)	832 → 636 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$39,226 → $57,500 (+46.6%)	$49,904 → $61,500 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $95,700 (+17.4%)	$82,400 → $94,600 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$505 → $634 (+25.5%)	$728 → $625 (-14.1%)

Wataga

Population

820782

Median household income

$39,226$57,500

Median home value

$81,500$95,700

Median gross rent

$505$634

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)

	Wataga	Yates City
Under 5	6.8%	10.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	23.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.8%
75 and over	3.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wataga	Yates City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wataga	Yates City
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wataga	Yates City
Drove alone	87.1%	89.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	2.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wataga	Yates City
1-unit, detached	80.5%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wataga	Yates City
Poverty rate	14.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1973	1951