Earlville vs Oglesby

A side-by-side comparison of Earlville and Oglesby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oglesby has the higher population (3,723 vs 2,015 in Earlville). Oglesby has the higher median household income ($71,618 vs $62,763 in Earlville). Oglesby has the higher median home value ($130,900 vs $127,300 in Earlville).

Population, income & housing

	Earlville	Oglesby
Population	2,015	3,723
Median age	32.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,763	$71,618
Median home value	$127,300	$130,900
Median gross rent	$998	$810
Housing units	899	1,765
Homeownership rate	62.9%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlville	Oglesby
Population	1,928 → 2,015 (+4.5%)	3,549 → 3,723 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$54,301 → $62,763 (+15.6%)	$60,508 → $71,618 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $127,300 (+18.6%)	$99,500 → $130,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $998 (+17.7%)	$604 → $810 (+34.1%)

Earlville

Population

1,9282,015

Median household income

$54,301$62,763

Median home value

$107,300$127,300

Median gross rent

$848$998

Oglesby

Population

3,5493,723

Median household income

$60,508$71,618

Median home value

$99,500$130,900

Median gross rent

$604$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlville	Oglesby
Under 5	5.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	14.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.0%
75 and over	3.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlville	Oglesby
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlville	Oglesby
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	46.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlville	Oglesby
Drove alone	82.0%	85.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlville	Oglesby
1-unit, detached	63.8%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Earlville	Oglesby
Poverty rate	15.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1968	1957