Oregon vs Polo

A side-by-side comparison of Oregon and Polo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oregon has the higher population (3,821 vs 2,495 in Polo). Oregon has the higher median household income ($69,632 vs $52,976 in Polo). Oregon has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $108,500 in Polo).

Population, income & housing

	Oregon	Polo
Population	3,821	2,495
Median age	47.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,632	$52,976
Median home value	$140,100	$108,500
Median gross rent	$835	$777
Housing units	1,817	1,154
Homeownership rate	59.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oregon	Polo
Population	3,819 → 3,821 (+0.1%)	2,133 → 2,495 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $69,632 (+34.2%)	$46,563 → $52,976 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $140,100 (+19.6%)	$90,100 → $108,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $835 (+60.6%)	$710 → $777 (+9.4%)

Oregon

Population

3,8193,821

Median household income

$51,875$69,632

Median home value

$117,100$140,100

Median gross rent

$520$835

Polo

Population

2,1332,495

Median household income

$46,563$52,976

Median home value

$90,100$108,500

Median gross rent

$710$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oregon	Polo
Under 5	3.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	22.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	8.7%
75 and over	11.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oregon	Polo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oregon	Polo
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	38.4%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oregon	Polo
Drove alone	88.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oregon	Polo
1-unit, detached	71.6%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oregon	Polo
Poverty rate	12.7%	21.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1954	1953