Argenta vs Oreana

A side-by-side comparison of Argenta and Oreana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oreana has the higher population (1,183 vs 838 in Argenta). Oreana has the higher median household income ($93,194 vs $75,313 in Argenta). Oreana has the higher median home value ($129,100 vs $107,200 in Argenta).

Population, income & housing

	Argenta	Oreana
Population	838	1,183
Median age	41.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$93,194
Median home value	$107,200	$129,100
Median gross rent	$1,208	$921
Housing units	374	494
Homeownership rate	85.2%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argenta	Oreana
Population	1,115 → 838 (-24.8%)	755 → 1,183 (+56.7%)
Median household income	$66,389 → $75,313 (+13.4%)	$61,667 → $93,194 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $107,200 (+14.9%)	$97,200 → $129,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,208 (+66.6%)	$825 → $921 (+11.6%)

Argenta

Population

1,115838

Median household income

$66,389$75,313

Median home value

$93,300$107,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,208

Oreana

Population

7551,183

Median household income

$61,667$93,194

Median home value

$97,200$129,100

Median gross rent

$825$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argenta	Oreana
Under 5	8.4%	12.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	8.3%
75 and over	9.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argenta	Oreana
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argenta	Oreana
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argenta	Oreana
Drove alone	96.5%	89.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argenta	Oreana
1-unit, detached	90.6%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Argenta	Oreana
Poverty rate	6.0%	2.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1954	1966