Ashley vs Oakdale

A side-by-side comparison of Ashley and Oakdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashley has the higher population (428 vs 283 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $47,031 in Ashley). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $70,700 in Ashley).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	Oakdale
Population	428	283
Median age	31.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,031	$95,000
Median home value	$70,700	$95,000
Median gross rent	$660	—
Housing units	215	106
Homeownership rate	73.7%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	Oakdale
Population	562 → 428 (-23.8%)	190 → 283 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $47,031 (+4.5%)	$63,906 → $95,000 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$61,100 → $70,700 (+15.7%)	$114,200 → $95,000 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $660 (-6.1%)	—

Ashley

Population

562428

Median household income

$45,000$47,031

Median home value

$61,100$70,700

Median gross rent

$703$660

Oakdale

Population

190283

Median household income

$63,906$95,000

Median home value

$114,200$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley	Oakdale
Under 5	9.6%	1.4%
5 to 17	27.6%	21.9%
18 to 24	1.2%	18.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	5.3%
35 to 44	4.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.7%
75 and over	6.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	5.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	Oakdale
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	Oakdale
Drove alone	95.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	2.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	74.4%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	Oakdale
Poverty rate	35.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	48
Median year structure built	1959	1970