Ste. Marie vs Willow Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Ste. Marie and Willow Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Ste. Marie and Willow Hill are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Both have a population of 266. Ste. Marie has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $34,464 in Willow Hill). Since 2019, Willow Hill's population has grown faster (+51.1% vs -22.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ste. Marie	Willow Hill
Population	266	266
Median age	28.5 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$34,464
Median home value	$103,900	—
Median gross rent	$263	—
Housing units	100	93
Homeownership rate	90.3%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ste. Marie	Willow Hill
Population	344 → 266 (-22.7%)	176 → 266 (+51.1%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $80,417 (+46.2%)	$32,125 → $34,464 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $103,900 (+41.4%)	$33,800 → $55,000 (+62.7%)
Median gross rent	$200 → $263 (+31.5%)	$625 → $775 (+24.0%)

Ste. Marie

Population

344266

Median household income

$55,000$80,417

Median home value

$73,500$103,900

Median gross rent

$200$263

Willow Hill

Population

176266

Median household income

$32,125$34,464

Median home value

$33,800$55,000

Median gross rent

$625$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ste. Marie	Willow Hill
Under 5	8.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	25.9%	28.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.1%
75 and over	2.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ste. Marie	Willow Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ste. Marie	Willow Hill
No high school diploma	1.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	26.8%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	57.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ste. Marie	Willow Hill
Drove alone	80.8%	72.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ste. Marie	Willow Hill
1-unit, detached	89.0%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Ste. Marie	Willow Hill
Poverty rate	8.3%	45.5%
Average household size	2.86	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1967	1976