Hillsdale vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Hillsdale and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hillsdale has the higher population (489 vs 335 in Oak Grove). Hillsdale has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $41,912 in Oak Grove). Since 2019, Hillsdale's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs -38.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Oak Grove
Population	489	335
Median age	38.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$41,912
Median home value	$96,700	—
Median gross rent	$781	$688
Housing units	209	210
Homeownership rate	86.9%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Oak Grove
Population	448 → 489 (+9.2%)	541 → 335 (-38.1%)
Median household income	$69,844 → $84,583 (+21.1%)	$33,833 → $41,912 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $96,700 (+28.4%)	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $781 (+15.7%)	$775 → $688 (-11.2%)

Hillsdale

Population

448489

Median household income

$69,844$84,583

Median home value

$75,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$675$781

Oak Grove

Population

541335

Median household income

$33,833$41,912

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Median gross rent

$775$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsdale	Oak Grove
Under 5	8.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	9.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.4%
75 and over	4.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	13.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Oak Grove
Drove alone	90.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	67.5%	22.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	73.3%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	17.0%	18.2%
Average household size	2.79	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1961	1974