Du Bois vs Oakdale

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

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

Oakdale has the higher population (283 vs 139 in Du Bois). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $75,833 in Du Bois). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $69,300 in Du Bois).

Population, income & housing

	Du Bois	Oakdale
Population	139	283
Median age	45.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$95,000
Median home value	$69,300	$95,000
Housing units	81	106
Homeownership rate	87.9%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Du Bois	Oakdale
Population	158 → 139 (-12.0%)	190 → 283 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $75,833 (+46.2%)	$63,906 → $95,000 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $69,300 (+9.1%)	$114,200 → $95,000 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $619 (+17.9%)	—

Du Bois

Population

158139

Median household income

$51,875$75,833

Median home value

$63,500$69,300

Median gross rent

$525$619

Oakdale

Population

190283

Median household income

$63,906$95,000

Median home value

$114,200$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Du Bois	Oakdale
Under 5	7.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	8.6%	21.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	18.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	19.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	6.7%
75 and over	3.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Du Bois	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	1.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Du Bois	Oakdale
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Du Bois	Oakdale
Drove alone	85.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Du Bois	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	80.2%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Du Bois	Oakdale
Poverty rate	9.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	37	48
Median year structure built	1959	1970