Lakewood vs Oconee

A side-by-side comparison of Lakewood and Oconee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oconee has the higher population (185 vs 18 in Lakewood). Since 2019, Oconee's population has grown faster (+5.1% vs -43.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Oconee
Population	18	185
Median age	—	37.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,000
Median home value	—	$101,900
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	9	93
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Oconee
Population	32 → 18 (-43.8%)	176 → 185 (+5.1%)
Median household income	—	$58,750 → $65,000 (+10.6%)
Median home value	—	$69,000 → $101,900 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$665 → $900 (+35.3%)

Lakewood

Population

3218

Oconee

Population

176185

Median household income

$58,750$65,000

Median home value

$69,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$665$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Oconee
Under 5	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.3%
55 to 64	100.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.4%
75 and over	0.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Oconee
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.4%
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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Oconee
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	50.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Oconee
Drove alone	100.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Oconee
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Oconee
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	—	1969