Oakwood vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,246 vs 1,243 in Oakwood). Rossville has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $43,894 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $97,800 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood	Rossville
Population	1,243	1,246
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,894	$62,708
Median home value	$98,300	$97,800
Median gross rent	$795	$780
Housing units	638	542
Homeownership rate	75.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood	Rossville
Population	1,636 → 1,243 (-24.0%)	1,320 → 1,246 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $43,894 (-22.9%)	$52,692 → $62,708 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $98,300 (+8.9%)	$77,800 → $97,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $795 (+12.9%)	$578 → $780 (+34.9%)

Oakwood

Population

1,6361,243

Median household income

$56,964$43,894

Median home value

$90,300$98,300

Median gross rent

$704$795

Rossville

Population

1,3201,246

Median household income

$52,692$62,708

Median home value

$77,800$97,800

Median gross rent

$578$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakwood	Rossville
Under 5	11.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	8.9%
75 and over	10.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood	Rossville
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	53.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood	Rossville
Drove alone	86.1%	84.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	8.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood	Rossville
1-unit, detached	60.7%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood	Rossville
Poverty rate	26.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1973	1948