Ashley vs Okawville

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

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

Okawville has the higher population (1,312 vs 428 in Ashley). Okawville has the higher median household income ($84,881 vs $47,031 in Ashley). Okawville has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $70,700 in Ashley).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	Okawville
Population	428	1,312
Median age	31.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,031	$84,881
Median home value	$70,700	$161,400
Median gross rent	$660	$736
Housing units	215	580
Homeownership rate	73.7%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	Okawville
Population	562 → 428 (-23.8%)	1,525 → 1,312 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $47,031 (+4.5%)	$72,000 → $84,881 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$61,100 → $70,700 (+15.7%)	$113,100 → $161,400 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $660 (-6.1%)	$790 → $736 (-6.8%)

Ashley

Population

562428

Median household income

$45,000$47,031

Median home value

$61,100$70,700

Median gross rent

$703$660

Okawville

Population

1,5251,312

Median household income

$72,000$84,881

Median home value

$113,100$161,400

Median gross rent

$790$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley	Okawville
Under 5	9.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	27.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	1.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.0%
75 and over	6.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	Okawville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	Okawville
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	40.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	Okawville
Drove alone	95.3%	73.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	Okawville
1-unit, detached	74.4%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	Okawville
Poverty rate	35.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1959	1973