Marseilles vs Sheridan

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

Marseilles and Sheridan 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 2,610 in Sheridan). Sheridan has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $56,777 in Marseilles). Sheridan has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $119,100 in Marseilles).

Population, income & housing

	Marseilles	Sheridan
Population	4,071	2,610
Median age	41.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,777	$73,214
Median home value	$119,100	$183,200
Median gross rent	$1,039	$964
Housing units	2,119	432
Homeownership rate	64.6%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marseilles	Sheridan
Population	5,032 → 4,071 (-19.1%)	2,713 → 2,610 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $56,777 (-3.4%)	$61,875 → $73,214 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$108,400 → $119,100 (+9.9%)	$148,600 → $183,200 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,039 (+9.5%)	$1,008 → $964 (-4.4%)

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

Sheridan

Population

2,7132,610

Median household income

$61,875$73,214

Median home value

$148,600$183,200

Median gross rent

$1,008$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marseilles	Sheridan
Under 5	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	7.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	30.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	23.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.4%
75 and over	6.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marseilles	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	48.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	37.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marseilles	Sheridan
No high school diploma	5.6%	30.4%
High school graduate	44.3%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marseilles	Sheridan
Drove alone	83.2%	87.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marseilles	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	63.9%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marseilles	Sheridan
Poverty rate	16.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	44
Median year structure built	1963	1956