Long Creek vs Oreana

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

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

Long Creek has the higher population (1,309 vs 1,183 in Oreana). Oreana has the higher median household income ($93,194 vs $83,214 in Long Creek). Long Creek has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $129,100 in Oreana).

Population, income & housing

	Long Creek	Oreana
Population	1,309	1,183
Median age	49.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$93,194
Median home value	$165,800	$129,100
Median gross rent	$839	$921
Housing units	549	494
Homeownership rate	91.3%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Creek	Oreana
Population	1,459 → 1,309 (-10.3%)	755 → 1,183 (+56.7%)
Median household income	$84,896 → $83,214 (-2.0%)	$61,667 → $93,194 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $165,800 (+14.2%)	$97,200 → $129,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $839 (+17.0%)	$825 → $921 (+11.6%)

Long Creek

Population

1,4591,309

Median household income

$84,896$83,214

Median home value

$145,200$165,800

Median gross rent

$717$839

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)

	Long Creek	Oreana
Under 5	4.3%	12.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	11.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	20.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.3%
75 and over	7.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Creek	Oreana
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Creek	Oreana
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Creek	Oreana
Drove alone	76.1%	89.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Creek	Oreana
1-unit, detached	94.9%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Creek	Oreana
Poverty rate	4.0%	2.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1973	1966