Blue Mound vs Oreana

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

Blue Mound 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 891 in Blue Mound). Oreana has the higher median household income ($93,194 vs $63,472 in Blue Mound). Oreana has the higher median home value ($129,100 vs $98,700 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Oreana
Population	891	1,183
Median age	42.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	$93,194
Median home value	$98,700	$129,100
Median gross rent	$871	$921
Housing units	502	494
Homeownership rate	79.7%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Oreana
Population	1,148 → 891 (-22.4%)	755 → 1,183 (+56.7%)
Median household income	$43,667 → $63,472 (+45.4%)	$61,667 → $93,194 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $98,700 (+14.1%)	$97,200 → $129,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $871 (+11.5%)	$825 → $921 (+11.6%)

Blue Mound

Population

1,148891

Median household income

$43,667$63,472

Median home value

$86,500$98,700

Median gross rent

$781$871

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)

	Blue Mound	Oreana
Under 5	5.7%	12.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.3%
75 and over	8.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Oreana
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	89.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Oreana
No high school diploma	8.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	48.4%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Oreana
Drove alone	84.9%	89.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Oreana
1-unit, detached	84.1%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Oreana
Poverty rate	9.8%	2.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1962	1966