Earlville vs Marseilles

A side-by-side comparison of Earlville and Marseilles: population, income, housing, and more.

Earlville and Marseilles are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marseilles has the higher population (4,071 vs 2,015 in Earlville). Earlville has the higher median household income ($62,763 vs $56,777 in Marseilles). Earlville has the higher median home value ($127,300 vs $119,100 in Marseilles).

Population, income & housing

	Earlville	Marseilles
Population	2,015	4,071
Median age	32.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,763	$56,777
Median home value	$127,300	$119,100
Median gross rent	$998	$1,039
Housing units	899	2,119
Homeownership rate	62.9%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlville	Marseilles
Population	1,928 → 2,015 (+4.5%)	5,032 → 4,071 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$54,301 → $62,763 (+15.6%)	$58,750 → $56,777 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $127,300 (+18.6%)	$108,400 → $119,100 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $998 (+17.7%)	$949 → $1,039 (+9.5%)

Earlville

Population

1,9282,015

Median household income

$54,301$62,763

Median home value

$107,300$127,300

Median gross rent

$848$998

Marseilles

Population

5,0324,071

Median household income

$58,750$56,777

Median home value

$108,400$119,100

Median gross rent

$949$1,039

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlville	Marseilles
Under 5	5.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	14.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	16.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.8%
75 and over	3.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlville	Marseilles
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlville	Marseilles
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	46.5%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlville	Marseilles
Drove alone	82.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.7%	10.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlville	Marseilles
1-unit, detached	63.8%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Earlville	Marseilles
Poverty rate	15.3%	16.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1968	1963