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Ogle County, IL

Demographic and economic profile of Ogle County, IL, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Ogle County is a small rural Illinois county of 51,536 residents with a median household income of $82,132 and median worker earnings of $42,814, supported by a labor force participation rate of 63.0% and an unemployment rate of 5.4%. The workforce skews toward trade and manual occupations, with 91.0% holding a high school diploma but only 24.0% a bachelor's degree or higher, and a median age of 42.2 years. Housing costs remain low—median home value of $184,100 and median gross rent of $901/month—against a GDP per capita of $57,365, and population has held nearly flat with just 0.4% growth over five years.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

51,536

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$82,132

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

42.2 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+0.4% since 2018

Ogle County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone44,083 (85.6%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race3,887 (7.5%)
  • Some Other Race Alone1,411 (2.7%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races918 (1.8%)
  • Black or African American Alone636 (1.2%)
  • Asian Alone294 (0.6%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish3,210
  2. 2.German or other West Germanic159
  3. 3.Other Indo-European146
  4. 4.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic126
  5. 5.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)122

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

22.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

19.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

4.5%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

3,471

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$57,365

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

Not yet cached

Per Capita Income

$38,251

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

5.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

8.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance5,718
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)4,252
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)2,661
  4. 4.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities2,183
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services1,870

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations8,562
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations5,249
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations4,060
  4. 4.Service Occupations3,949
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations2,387

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Manufacturing (LQ 1.83×)4,499
  2. 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.53×)603
  3. 3.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.51×)2,184
  4. 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.07×)6,185
  5. 5.Construction (LQ 1.00×)1,709

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$184,100

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$901/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

75.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,9992,607 (16.6%)
  • $150,000 to $174,9992,064 (13.2%)
  • $300,000 to $399,9991,792 (11.4%)
  • $250,000 to $299,9991,684 (10.7%)
  • $125,000 to $149,9991,454 (9.3%)
  • $100,000 to $124,9991,277 (8.1%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

24.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

91.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

63.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$42,814

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

26.0 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone19,124 (80.6%)
  • Carpooled1,962 (8.3%)
  • Worked At Home1,898 (8.0%)
  • Walked388 (1.6%)
  • Other204 (0.9%)
  • Public Transit70 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.