Dakota vs Orangeville

A side-by-side comparison of Dakota and Orangeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orangeville has the higher population (957 vs 625 in Dakota). Orangeville has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $57,063 in Dakota). Orangeville has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $115,700 in Dakota).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Orangeville
Population	625	957
Median age	33.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,063	$70,833
Median home value	$115,700	$135,600
Median gross rent	$644	$689
Housing units	279	495
Homeownership rate	63.7%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Orangeville
Population	562 → 625 (+11.2%)	752 → 957 (+27.3%)
Median household income	$57,679 → $57,063 (-1.1%)	$45,074 → $70,833 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $115,700 (+22.7%)	$99,500 → $135,600 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $644 (-4.6%)	$499 → $689 (+38.1%)

Dakota

Population

562625

Median household income

$57,679$57,063

Median home value

$94,300$115,700

Median gross rent

$675$644

Orangeville

Population

752957

Median household income

$45,074$70,833

Median home value

$99,500$135,600

Median gross rent

$499$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Orangeville
Under 5	6.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	5.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.6%
75 and over	6.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Orangeville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Orangeville
No high school diploma	7.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Orangeville
Drove alone	68.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	15.0%	6.4%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.8%
Other means	2.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Orangeville
1-unit, detached	84.6%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Orangeville
Poverty rate	12.5%	13.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1945	1963