Carterville vs Oronogo

A side-by-side comparison of Carterville and Oronogo: population, income, housing, and more.

Carterville and Oronogo are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oronogo has the higher population (2,685 vs 1,978 in Carterville). Oronogo has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $55,099 in Carterville). Oronogo has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $95,400 in Carterville).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Oronogo
Population	1,978	2,685
Median age	34.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,099	$81,111
Median home value	$95,400	$186,300
Median gross rent	$823	$1,042
Housing units	779	1,013
Homeownership rate	76.1%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Oronogo
Population	2,253 → 1,978 (-12.2%)	2,609 → 2,685 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$40,238 → $55,099 (+36.9%)	$75,085 → $81,111 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $95,400 (+22.8%)	$137,100 → $186,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $823 (+1.5%)	$873 → $1,042 (+19.4%)

Carterville

Population

2,2531,978

Median household income

$40,238$55,099

Median home value

$77,700$95,400

Median gross rent

$811$823

Oronogo

Population

2,6092,685

Median household income

$75,085$81,111

Median home value

$137,100$186,300

Median gross rent

$873$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carterville	Oronogo
Under 5	7.8%	8.5%
5 to 17	25.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.9%
75 and over	4.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Oronogo
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	3.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Oronogo
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	51.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Oronogo
Drove alone	85.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	19.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Oronogo
1-unit, detached	89.7%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Oronogo
Poverty rate	20.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1972	2004