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Oquawka, IL

1,059 Population
1.5 square miles 721 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±10 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 43.1 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,985 ±$4,256 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: $35,284 ±$1,312
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,929 ±$16,194 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: $62,811 ±$2,925
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±12.3% (164  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 13% † 5,700 (±1.6% / ±691)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29 minutes ±5.1 (10,175  ±2,996) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 19 378,885 (±1.1 / ±24,603)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

500 ±92 Number of households
  • the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 19,882 ±339
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,039  ±200) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 2.2 43,944 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.9% ±15.4% (45  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 4.9% † 451 (±1.7% / ±161)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

680 ±99 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 22,168 ±41
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,000 ±$10,514 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: $131,000 ±$6,894
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±7% (145  ±77.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 11.3% † 5,012 (±1.6% / ±728.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.1% ±20% (676  ±116.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 93.3% 29,608 (±2.9% / ±953.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±6.8% (135  ±60.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 23.4% 7,409 (±1.5% / ±474)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.8% ±1% (8  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 2.1% 936
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.5% (42  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 8.3% † 2,900 (±1% / ±361)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
42 Total veterans ±23 38 Male ±22 4 Female ±6

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