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Ogle County

How many people live in Ogle County

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-202451,495
• Households20,821
• Average household size2.47
• Median household income$82,132
• Median age42.2
• Median gross rent$936 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$189,200
• Home value to household income2.3 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income13.7 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.3 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent
• Adults 25 and over36,064
• Population under 1811,430
• Share under 1822.2 percent
• Population 65 and over10,274
• Share 65 and over20.0 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 6429,791
• Civilian labor force25,493
• Unemployment rate5.0 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over63.6 percent
• Rank by population among Illinois counties28th of 102
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included996th of 3,222

Ogle County is the 28th largest of 102 Illinois counties by population. A median home costs 2.3 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents under 18 outnumber those 65 and over, at 22.2 percent against 20.0 percent, a household formation profile rather than a retirement one.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Ogle County from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving1,327
• People arriving, from those returns2,348
• Tax returns filed by households leaving1,320
• Net household movement7
• Adjusted gross income arriving$74.7 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$-6.4 m
• Average income of an arriving household$56,288
• Average income of a leaving household$61,400
• Largest single originWinnebago County (254 households)
• Largest single destinationWinnebago County (215 households)

Households arriving report $5,112 less average income than households leaving, which drains spending power even where headcount holds up. The largest single source of arrivals is Winnebago County, which is the catchment a retail or multifamily study should look at first.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Ogle County

• Covered employment, annual average14,934
• Establishments reporting1,030
• Average annual pay$58,187
• Average weekly wage$1,119
• Manufacturing, employment2,572
• Manufacturing, average annual pay$64,398
• Retail trade, employment1,468
• Retail trade, average annual pay$34,561
• Accommodation and food services, employment1,179
• Accommodation and food services, average annual pay$19,150
• Transportation and warehousing, employment949
• Transportation and warehousing, average annual pay$65,567
• Construction, employment723
• Other services, except public administration, employment518

Manufacturing is the largest private sector at 2,572 jobs, 17.2 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Ogle County

• Housing units authorized by permit, 202450
• Declared construction value permitted$13.2 m
• Single family units authorized50
• Multifamily units authorized0
• Multifamily share of units0.0 percent
• Average declared value per unit$263,160
• Units authorized per 1,000 households2.4

Single-family homes are 100.0 percent of units authorized, so the pipeline is predominantly single-family.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Ogle County

Do SBA loans in Ogle County get paid back?

• Loans with a final outcome recorded4
• Paid in full4
• Charged off0
• Status: Paid in full4
• Status: Exempt from disclosure13
• Status: Committed, not yet disbursed1
• Status: Cancelled1

Only 4 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

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How large is Ogle County?

• Land area759 sq mi
• Rank by land area among Illinois counties17th of 102
• Width, east to west38.5 mi
• Height, north to south21.8 mi
• Geographies sharing a boundary6
• Residents per square mile of land68
• Establishments per square mile1.39

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year. US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.

Feasibility studies

When a Ogle County site needs a document a lender will accept.

The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Ogle County site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-202451,495
• Households20,821
• Average household size2.47
• Median household income$82,132
• Median age42.2

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Cities and places in Ogle.

18 Census places lie wholly or partly in Ogle County. All 18 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked.

A further 2 of the county's 19 SBA 7(a) approvals are to borrowers in cities that match no Census place in Ogle County, the largest being Dixon (2). Those are postal cities, unincorporated areas and cities outside the county, so no place row claims them; they are counted in the county total above.