Mount Zion vs Oreana

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

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

Mount Zion has the higher population (6,076 vs 1,183 in Oreana). Mount Zion has the higher median household income ($110,786 vs $93,194 in Oreana). Mount Zion has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $129,100 in Oreana).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Zion	Oreana
Population	6,076	1,183
Median age	40.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,786	$93,194
Median home value	$200,300	$129,100
Median gross rent	$696	$921
Housing units	2,251	494
Homeownership rate	84.5%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Zion	Oreana
Population	5,975 → 6,076 (+1.7%)	755 → 1,183 (+56.7%)
Median household income	$85,765 → $110,786 (+29.2%)	$61,667 → $93,194 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$152,000 → $200,300 (+31.8%)	$97,200 → $129,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $696 (+5.1%)	$825 → $921 (+11.6%)

Mount Zion

Population

5,9756,076

Median household income

$85,765$110,786

Median home value

$152,000$200,300

Median gross rent

$662$696

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)

	Mount Zion	Oreana
Under 5	4.7%	12.6%
5 to 17	27.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	18.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.3%
75 and over	7.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Zion	Oreana
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	89.6%
Black or African American	4.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Zion	Oreana
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Zion	Oreana
Drove alone	91.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Zion	Oreana
1-unit, detached	85.1%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Zion	Oreana
Poverty rate	3.5%	2.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1980	1966