Catlin vs Oakwood

A side-by-side comparison of Catlin and Oakwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Catlin has the higher population (2,161 vs 1,243 in Oakwood). Catlin has the higher median household income ($67,344 vs $43,894 in Oakwood). Catlin has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $98,300 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	Catlin	Oakwood
Population	2,161	1,243
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,344	$43,894
Median home value	$119,600	$98,300
Median gross rent	$936	$795
Housing units	1,018	638
Homeownership rate	74.1%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catlin	Oakwood
Population	2,086 → 2,161 (+3.6%)	1,636 → 1,243 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$49,408 → $67,344 (+36.3%)	$56,964 → $43,894 (-22.9%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $119,600 (+20.8%)	$90,300 → $98,300 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $936 (+34.7%)	$704 → $795 (+12.9%)

Catlin

Population

2,0862,161

Median household income

$49,408$67,344

Median home value

$99,000$119,600

Median gross rent

$695$936

Oakwood

Population

1,6361,243

Median household income

$56,964$43,894

Median home value

$90,300$98,300

Median gross rent

$704$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catlin	Oakwood
Under 5	2.2%	11.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.4%
75 and over	12.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catlin	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catlin	Oakwood
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catlin	Oakwood
Drove alone	84.3%	86.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	8.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catlin	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	85.2%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Catlin	Oakwood
Poverty rate	5.5%	26.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1965	1973