Oconee vs Tower Hill

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

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

Tower Hill has the higher population (387 vs 185 in Oconee). Oconee has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $52,917 in Tower Hill). Oconee has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $61,300 in Tower Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Oconee	Tower Hill
Population	185	387
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$52,917
Median home value	$101,900	$61,300
Median gross rent	$900	$792
Housing units	93	189
Homeownership rate	87.5%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oconee	Tower Hill
Population	176 → 185 (+5.1%)	816 → 387 (-52.6%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $65,000 (+10.6%)	$54,375 → $52,917 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $101,900 (+47.7%)	$49,400 → $61,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $900 (+35.3%)	$653 → $792 (+21.3%)

Oconee

Population

176185

Median household income

$58,750$65,000

Median home value

$69,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$665$900

Tower Hill

Population

816387

Median household income

$54,375$52,917

Median home value

$49,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$653$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oconee	Tower Hill
Under 5	10.8%	13.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	1.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	18.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	4.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.7%
75 and over	11.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oconee	Tower Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	86.8%
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	1.6%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oconee	Tower Hill
No high school diploma	5.4%	21.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oconee	Tower Hill
Drove alone	70.9%	85.6%
Carpooled	17.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oconee	Tower Hill
1-unit, detached	94.6%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
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	5.4%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Oconee	Tower Hill
Poverty rate	9.2%	19.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1969	1958