Maroa vs Oreana

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

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

Maroa has the higher population (1,751 vs 1,183 in Oreana). Oreana has the higher median household income ($93,194 vs $72,500 in Maroa). Oreana has the higher median home value ($129,100 vs $128,200 in Maroa).

Population, income & housing

	Maroa	Oreana
Population	1,751	1,183
Median age	37.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$93,194
Median home value	$128,200	$129,100
Median gross rent	$794	$921
Housing units	779	494
Homeownership rate	69.0%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maroa	Oreana
Population	1,587 → 1,751 (+10.3%)	755 → 1,183 (+56.7%)
Median household income	$60,893 → $72,500 (+19.1%)	$61,667 → $93,194 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $128,200 (+40.6%)	$97,200 → $129,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $794 (+19.9%)	$825 → $921 (+11.6%)

Maroa

Population

1,5871,751

Median household income

$60,893$72,500

Median home value

$91,200$128,200

Median gross rent

$662$794

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)

	Maroa	Oreana
Under 5	4.2%	12.6%
5 to 17	29.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.3%
75 and over	5.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maroa	Oreana
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	3.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maroa	Oreana
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maroa	Oreana
Drove alone	87.9%	89.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maroa	Oreana
1-unit, detached	82.8%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maroa	Oreana
Poverty rate	6.5%	2.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1965	1966