Harristown vs Maroa

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

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

Maroa has the higher population (1,751 vs 1,526 in Harristown). Harristown has the higher median household income ($74,018 vs $72,500 in Maroa). Maroa has the higher median home value ($128,200 vs $116,700 in Harristown).

Population, income & housing

	Harristown	Maroa
Population	1,526	1,751
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,018	$72,500
Median home value	$116,700	$128,200
Median gross rent	$825	$794
Housing units	577	779
Homeownership rate	86.9%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harristown	Maroa
Population	1,268 → 1,526 (+20.3%)	1,587 → 1,751 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$60,455 → $74,018 (+22.4%)	$60,893 → $72,500 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $116,700 (+26.0%)	$91,200 → $128,200 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $825 (+38.4%)	$662 → $794 (+19.9%)

Harristown

Population

1,2681,526

Median household income

$60,455$74,018

Median home value

$92,600$116,700

Median gross rent

$596$825

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)

	Harristown	Maroa
Under 5	5.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	29.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.5%
75 and over	7.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harristown	Maroa
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	74.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harristown	Maroa
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harristown	Maroa
Drove alone	85.8%	87.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harristown	Maroa
1-unit, detached	93.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	12.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Harristown	Maroa
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1962	1965