Oakford vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Oakford and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Petersburg has the higher population (2,590 vs 258 in Oakford). Oakford has the higher median household income ($65,813 vs $59,850 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $101,900 in Oakford).

Population, income & housing

	Oakford	Petersburg
Population	258	2,590
Median age	33.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,813	$59,850
Median home value	$101,900	$174,800
Median gross rent	$833	$665
Housing units	116	1,311
Homeownership rate	84.5%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakford	Petersburg
Population	283 → 258 (-8.8%)	2,513 → 2,590 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $65,813 (+7.4%)	$54,833 → $59,850 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $101,900 (+24.1%)	$98,000 → $174,800 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $833 (+16.8%)	$681 → $665 (-2.3%)

Oakford

Population

283258

Median household income

$61,250$65,813

Median home value

$82,100$101,900

Median gross rent

$713$833

Petersburg

Population

2,5132,590

Median household income

$54,833$59,850

Median home value

$98,000$174,800

Median gross rent

$681$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakford	Petersburg
Under 5	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	20.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.9%
75 and over	8.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakford	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakford	Petersburg
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	49.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakford	Petersburg
Drove alone	92.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakford	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	79.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Oakford	Petersburg
Poverty rate	4.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1956	1961