Georgetown vs Oakwood

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

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

Georgetown has the higher population (3,105 vs 1,243 in Oakwood). Georgetown has the higher median household income ($56,781 vs $43,894 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $70,500 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Oakwood
Population	3,105	1,243
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,781	$43,894
Median home value	$70,500	$98,300
Median gross rent	$729	$795
Housing units	1,483	638
Homeownership rate	72.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Oakwood
Population	3,271 → 3,105 (-5.1%)	1,636 → 1,243 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$46,455 → $56,781 (+22.2%)	$56,964 → $43,894 (-22.9%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $70,500 (-4.2%)	$90,300 → $98,300 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $729 (+2.0%)	$704 → $795 (+12.9%)

Georgetown

Population

3,2713,105

Median household income

$46,455$56,781

Median home value

$73,600$70,500

Median gross rent

$715$729

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)

	Georgetown	Oakwood
Under 5	4.9%	11.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.4%
75 and over	10.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Oakwood
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	48.4%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Oakwood
Drove alone	71.7%	86.1%
Carpooled	14.3%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	83.2%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Oakwood
Poverty rate	12.3%	26.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1953	1973