Decatur vs Maroa

A side-by-side comparison of Decatur and Maroa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Decatur has the higher population (70,368 vs 1,751 in Maroa). Maroa has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $50,809 in Decatur). Maroa has the higher median home value ($128,200 vs $97,300 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Maroa
Population	70,368	1,751
Median age	39.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,809	$72,500
Median home value	$97,300	$128,200
Median gross rent	$796	$794
Housing units	36,121	779
Homeownership rate	62.3%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Maroa
Population	72,359 → 70,368 (-2.8%)	1,587 → 1,751 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$42,701 → $50,809 (+19.0%)	$60,893 → $72,500 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $97,300 (+17.2%)	$91,200 → $128,200 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $796 (+16.5%)	$662 → $794 (+19.9%)

Decatur

Population

72,35970,368

Median household income

$42,701$50,809

Median home value

$83,000$97,300

Median gross rent

$683$796

Maroa

Population

1,5871,751

Median household income

$60,893$72,500

Median home value

$91,200$128,200

Median gross rent

$662$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Maroa
Under 5	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	29.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.5%
75 and over	9.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Maroa
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	74.0%
Black or African American	23.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Maroa
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Maroa
Drove alone	80.2%	87.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Maroa
1-unit, detached	73.4%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	12.3%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Maroa
Poverty rate	19.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1960	1965