OakwoodIL
A town of 1,274, settled in 1870. A typical home costs 3 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income.
Is Oakwood a good place to live?
The best of Oakwood’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Oakwood, above both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On incomes, just 82 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Oakwood's schools rank behind 88% of the state's. Oakwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Oakwood stand out
Where Oakwood beats most towns.
Typical home value
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
Oakwood has shrunk 20% since 2010
1,595 counted in 2010 and 1,325 in 2020; an estimated 1,274 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Oakwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Oakwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Oakwood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oakwood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oakwood.
Oakwood’s typical home value is about $169K
The typical Oakwood home is worth about $169,000, up 8.1% in a year, 43% below the Illinois typical home. Oakwood’s median rent is $695 a month, below both the Illinois town median ($1,129 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Oakwood | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $695 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Oakwood’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Oakwood for work: only 4% work in town. Oakwood’s median household income is $46,000. Since 2013, Oakwood has added 38 jobs, to 249 in 2023.
| Oakwood | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $46,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oakwood reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns
The violent crime rate in Oakwood is 3.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Oakwood | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.2 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, more of Oakwood’s adults have been diagnosed with depression
24% of Oakwood adults have been diagnosed with depression. Oakwood beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 42% of Oakwood adults have obesity.
| Oakwood | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oakwood | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 16.5% | 12.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.8% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Oakwood, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Oakwood has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Oakwood, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oakwood Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Oakwood
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Oakwood
About 1 of every 100 Oakwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
1,274 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Famous people from Oakwood
3 notable people were born in Oakwood.
About Oakwood
Village in Illinois, United States
Oakwood is a village in Oakwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,325 in the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 646 ft
- ZIP code
- 61858
- Area code
- 217
Questions about Oakwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oakwood, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
What is Oakwood, IL known for?
3 notable people were born here, including Chris Wade and Samuel Doggett.