Harristown vs Macon

A side-by-side comparison of Harristown and Macon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harristown has the higher population (1,526 vs 1,035 in Macon). Macon has the higher median household income ($74,063 vs $74,018 in Harristown). Harristown has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $109,500 in Macon).

Population, income & housing

	Harristown	Macon
Population	1,526	1,035
Median age	39.4 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,018	$74,063
Median home value	$116,700	$109,500
Median gross rent	$825	$800
Housing units	577	498
Homeownership rate	86.9%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harristown	Macon
Population	1,268 → 1,526 (+20.3%)	1,207 → 1,035 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$60,455 → $74,018 (+22.4%)	$67,188 → $74,063 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $116,700 (+26.0%)	$97,000 → $109,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $825 (+38.4%)	$629 → $800 (+27.2%)

Harristown

Population

1,2681,526

Median household income

$60,455$74,018

Median home value

$92,600$116,700

Median gross rent

$596$825

Macon

Population

1,2071,035

Median household income

$67,188$74,063

Median home value

$97,000$109,500

Median gross rent

$629$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harristown	Macon
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.7%
75 and over	7.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harristown	Macon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harristown	Macon
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harristown	Macon
Drove alone	85.8%	83.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harristown	Macon
1-unit, detached	93.6%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Harristown	Macon
Poverty rate	7.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1962	1959