Oakwood vs Tilton

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

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

Tilton has the higher population (2,537 vs 1,243 in Oakwood). Tilton has the higher median household income ($53,246 vs $43,894 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $71,700 in Tilton).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood	Tilton
Population	1,243	2,537
Median age	40.8 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,894	$53,246
Median home value	$98,300	$71,700
Median gross rent	$795	$853
Housing units	638	1,319
Homeownership rate	75.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood	Tilton
Population	1,636 → 1,243 (-24.0%)	2,611 → 2,537 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $43,894 (-22.9%)	$43,201 → $53,246 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $98,300 (+8.9%)	$65,500 → $71,700 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $795 (+12.9%)	$742 → $853 (+15.0%)

Oakwood

Population

1,6361,243

Median household income

$56,964$43,894

Median home value

$90,300$98,300

Median gross rent

$704$795

Tilton

Population

2,6112,537

Median household income

$43,201$53,246

Median home value

$65,500$71,700

Median gross rent

$742$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakwood	Tilton
Under 5	11.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	6.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	13.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	13.7%
75 and over	10.7%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood	Tilton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood	Tilton
No high school diploma	4.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood	Tilton
Drove alone	86.1%	89.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood	Tilton
1-unit, detached	60.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood	Tilton
Poverty rate	26.6%	15.2%
Average household size	2.18	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1973	1961