Nashville vs Okawville

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

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

Nashville has the higher population (2,991 vs 1,312 in Okawville). Okawville has the higher median household income ($84,881 vs $61,753 in Nashville). Okawville has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $146,500 in Nashville).

Population, income & housing

	Nashville	Okawville
Population	2,991	1,312
Median age	43.2 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,753	$84,881
Median home value	$146,500	$161,400
Median gross rent	$816	$736
Housing units	1,418	580
Homeownership rate	67.5%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashville	Okawville
Population	3,024 → 2,991 (-1.1%)	1,525 → 1,312 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$60,284 → $61,753 (+2.4%)	$72,000 → $84,881 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $146,500 (+13.8%)	$113,100 → $161,400 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $816 (+11.9%)	$790 → $736 (-6.8%)

Nashville

Population

3,0242,991

Median household income

$60,284$61,753

Median home value

$128,700$146,500

Median gross rent

$729$816

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)

	Nashville	Okawville
Under 5	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	17.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.0%
75 and over	13.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashville	Okawville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashville	Okawville
No high school diploma	6.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashville	Okawville
Drove alone	86.8%	73.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashville	Okawville
1-unit, detached	85.3%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Nashville	Okawville
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1963	1973