Oglesby vs Sheridan

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

Oglesby and Sheridan 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 2,610 in Sheridan). Sheridan has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $71,618 in Oglesby). Sheridan has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $130,900 in Oglesby).

Population, income & housing

	Oglesby	Sheridan
Population	3,723	2,610
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,618	$73,214
Median home value	$130,900	$183,200
Median gross rent	$810	$964
Housing units	1,765	432
Homeownership rate	71.0%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oglesby	Sheridan
Population	3,549 → 3,723 (+4.9%)	2,713 → 2,610 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$60,508 → $71,618 (+18.4%)	$61,875 → $73,214 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$99,500 → $130,900 (+31.6%)	$148,600 → $183,200 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $810 (+34.1%)	$1,008 → $964 (-4.4%)

Oglesby

Population

3,5493,723

Median household income

$60,508$71,618

Median home value

$99,500$130,900

Median gross rent

$604$810

Sheridan

Population

2,7132,610

Median household income

$61,875$73,214

Median home value

$148,600$183,200

Median gross rent

$1,008$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oglesby	Sheridan
Under 5	3.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	7.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	30.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	23.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.4%
75 and over	9.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oglesby	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	48.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	37.8%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oglesby	Sheridan
No high school diploma	7.5%	30.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oglesby	Sheridan
Drove alone	85.9%	87.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oglesby	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	75.6%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oglesby	Sheridan
Poverty rate	9.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	44
Median year structure built	1957	1956