Oglesby vs Seneca

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

Oglesby and Seneca 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 2,525 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median household income ($91,065 vs $71,618 in Oglesby). Seneca has the higher median home value ($206,400 vs $130,900 in Oglesby).

Population, income & housing

	Oglesby	Seneca
Population	3,723	2,525
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,618	$91,065
Median home value	$130,900	$206,400
Median gross rent	$810	$988
Housing units	1,765	971
Homeownership rate	71.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oglesby	Seneca
Population	3,549 → 3,723 (+4.9%)	2,442 → 2,525 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$60,508 → $71,618 (+18.4%)	$72,273 → $91,065 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$99,500 → $130,900 (+31.6%)	$161,000 → $206,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $810 (+34.1%)	$741 → $988 (+33.3%)

Oglesby

Population

3,5493,723

Median household income

$60,508$71,618

Median home value

$99,500$130,900

Median gross rent

$604$810

Seneca

Population

2,4422,525

Median household income

$72,273$91,065

Median home value

$161,000$206,400

Median gross rent

$741$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oglesby	Seneca
Under 5	3.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.0%
75 and over	9.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oglesby	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oglesby	Seneca
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oglesby	Seneca
Drove alone	85.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oglesby	Seneca
1-unit, detached	75.6%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Oglesby	Seneca
Poverty rate	9.6%	19.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1957	1975