Harristown vs Oreana

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

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

Harristown has the higher population (1,526 vs 1,183 in Oreana). Oreana has the higher median household income ($93,194 vs $74,018 in Harristown). Oreana has the higher median home value ($129,100 vs $116,700 in Harristown).

Population, income & housing

	Harristown	Oreana
Population	1,526	1,183
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,018	$93,194
Median home value	$116,700	$129,100
Median gross rent	$825	$921
Housing units	577	494
Homeownership rate	86.9%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harristown	Oreana
Population	1,268 → 1,526 (+20.3%)	755 → 1,183 (+56.7%)
Median household income	$60,455 → $74,018 (+22.4%)	$61,667 → $93,194 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $116,700 (+26.0%)	$97,200 → $129,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $825 (+38.4%)	$825 → $921 (+11.6%)

Harristown

Population

1,2681,526

Median household income

$60,455$74,018

Median home value

$92,600$116,700

Median gross rent

$596$825

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)

	Harristown	Oreana
Under 5	5.2%	12.6%
5 to 17	22.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.3%
75 and over	7.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harristown	Oreana
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harristown	Oreana
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	42.5%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harristown	Oreana
Drove alone	85.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harristown	Oreana
1-unit, detached	93.6%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harristown	Oreana
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1962	1966