Wataga, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Wataga village is a very small community in Illinois, with 782 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #773 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 47% of them. The median age here is 32.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Wataga village earn a median of $57,500 a year, 26.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wataga village is valued at $95,700, 68.5% below the national figure and 47% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $634 a month, 54.9% below the national figure, or roughly $7,608 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 782 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Wataga village against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.