Oakford vs Tallula

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

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

Tallula has the higher population (595 vs 258 in Oakford). Oakford has the higher median household income ($65,813 vs $60,156 in Tallula). Oakford has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $96,900 in Tallula).

Population, income & housing

	Oakford	Tallula
Population	258	595
Median age	33.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,813	$60,156
Median home value	$101,900	$96,900
Median gross rent	$833	$1,094
Housing units	116	288
Homeownership rate	84.5%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakford	Tallula
Population	283 → 258 (-8.8%)	511 → 595 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $65,813 (+7.4%)	$62,778 → $60,156 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $101,900 (+24.1%)	$83,600 → $96,900 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $833 (+16.8%)	$671 → $1,094 (+63.0%)

Oakford

Population

283258

Median household income

$61,250$65,813

Median home value

$82,100$101,900

Median gross rent

$713$833

Tallula

Population

511595

Median household income

$62,778$60,156

Median home value

$83,600$96,900

Median gross rent

$671$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakford	Tallula
Under 5	5.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	23.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	20.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	18.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	19.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	12.8%
75 and over	8.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakford	Tallula
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakford	Tallula
No high school diploma	6.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	49.1%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakford	Tallula
Drove alone	92.1%	75.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakford	Tallula
1-unit, detached	79.3%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Oakford	Tallula
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1956	1940