Oconee vs Westervelt

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

Oconee and Westervelt 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 24 in Westervelt). Since 2019, Oconee's population has grown faster (+5.1% vs -48.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Oconee	Westervelt
Population	185	24
Median age	37.2 yrs	15.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	—
Median home value	$101,900	—
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	93	29
Homeownership rate	87.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oconee	Westervelt
Population	176 → 185 (+5.1%)	47 → 24 (-48.9%)
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%)	—

Oconee

Population

176185

Median household income

$58,750$65,000

Median home value

$69,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$665$900

Westervelt

Population

4724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oconee	Westervelt
Under 5	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	70.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.4%	29.2%
45 to 54	4.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	0.0%
75 and over	11.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oconee	Westervelt
No high school diploma	5.4%	100.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oconee	Westervelt
1-unit, detached	94.6%	100.0%
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	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oconee	Westervelt
Poverty rate	9.2%	100.0%
Average household size	2.31	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1969	1957