Marseilles vs Peru

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

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

Peru has the higher population (9,863 vs 4,071 in Marseilles). Peru has the higher median household income ($68,147 vs $56,777 in Marseilles). Peru has the higher median home value ($155,600 vs $119,100 in Marseilles).

Population, income & housing

	Marseilles	Peru
Population	4,071	9,863
Median age	41.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,777	$68,147
Median home value	$119,100	$155,600
Median gross rent	$1,039	$879
Housing units	2,119	4,912
Homeownership rate	64.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marseilles	Peru
Population	5,032 → 4,071 (-19.1%)	9,798 → 9,863 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $56,777 (-3.4%)	$51,321 → $68,147 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$108,400 → $119,100 (+9.9%)	$127,400 → $155,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,039 (+9.5%)	$744 → $879 (+18.1%)

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

Peru

Population

9,7989,863

Median household income

$51,321$68,147

Median home value

$127,400$155,600

Median gross rent

$744$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marseilles	Peru
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.2%
75 and over	6.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marseilles	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marseilles	Peru
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	44.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marseilles	Peru
Drove alone	83.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marseilles	Peru
1-unit, detached	63.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Marseilles	Peru
Poverty rate	16.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1963	1957