Oconee vs Sigel

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

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

Sigel has the higher population (476 vs 185 in Oconee). Sigel has the higher median household income ($84,861 vs $65,000 in Oconee). Sigel has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $101,900 in Oconee).

Population, income & housing

	Oconee	Sigel
Population	185	476
Median age	37.2 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$84,861
Median home value	$101,900	$161,500
Median gross rent	$900	$663
Housing units	93	164
Homeownership rate	87.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oconee	Sigel
Population	176 → 185 (+5.1%)	378 → 476 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $65,000 (+10.6%)	$78,750 → $84,861 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $101,900 (+47.7%)	$144,800 → $161,500 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $900 (+35.3%)	$775 → $663 (-14.5%)

Oconee

Population

176185

Median household income

$58,750$65,000

Median home value

$69,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$665$900

Sigel

Population

378476

Median household income

$78,750$84,861

Median home value

$144,800$161,500

Median gross rent

$775$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oconee	Sigel
Under 5	10.8%	17.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	18.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	4.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.5%
75 and over	11.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oconee	Sigel
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	98.9%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oconee	Sigel
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	47.3%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oconee	Sigel
Drove alone	70.9%	81.4%
Carpooled	17.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oconee	Sigel
1-unit, detached	94.6%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Oconee	Sigel
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.31	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1969	1962