Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Oglesby, IL

3,723 Population
5 square miles 745.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

37.7 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,631 ±$5,886 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $37,828 ±$880
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$71,618 ±$11,658 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $70,941 ±$1,750
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

9.6% ±3.9% (358  ±146) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 13.1% 18,876 (±0.8% / ±1,181)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

24.5 minutes ±8.1 (38,660  ±13,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 24.9 1,642,700 (±0.7 / ±55,935)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,664 ±158 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 61,576 ±617
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.2 (3,723  ±177) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 2.3 144,125 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.5% ±4.2% (24  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,913 (±0.9% / ±266)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,765 ±165 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 68,553 ±83
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$130,900 ±$11,561 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $148,600 ±$3,153
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

17% ±10.1% (626  ±375.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 10% 14,610 (±0.8% / ±1,147.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.5% ±8.1% (2,356  ±275) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 91.4% 95,883 (±1.6% / ±1,714)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
21.9% ±5.5% (557  ±146) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 19.6% 20,542 (±0.8% / ±803.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±2.7% (142  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 3.5% 5,181
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.7% ±3.4% (190  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 7.5% 8,688 (±0.4% / ±483)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
190 Total veterans ±97 180 Male ±95 10 Female ±15

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.