Oakwood vs Potomac

A side-by-side comparison of Oakwood and Potomac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakwood has the higher population (1,243 vs 612 in Potomac). Potomac has the higher median household income ($52,404 vs $43,894 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $79,600 in Potomac).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood	Potomac
Population	1,243	612
Median age	40.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,894	$52,404
Median home value	$98,300	$79,600
Median gross rent	$795	$742
Housing units	638	278
Homeownership rate	75.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood	Potomac
Population	1,636 → 1,243 (-24.0%)	804 → 612 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $43,894 (-22.9%)	$50,341 → $52,404 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $98,300 (+8.9%)	$76,400 → $79,600 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $795 (+12.9%)	$641 → $742 (+15.8%)

Oakwood

Population

1,6361,243

Median household income

$56,964$43,894

Median home value

$90,300$98,300

Median gross rent

$704$795

Potomac

Population

804612

Median household income

$50,341$52,404

Median home value

$76,400$79,600

Median gross rent

$641$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakwood	Potomac
Under 5	11.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.3%
75 and over	10.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood	Potomac
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood	Potomac
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	53.4%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood	Potomac
Drove alone	86.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood	Potomac
1-unit, detached	60.7%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood	Potomac
Poverty rate	26.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1973	1959