Long Creek vs Macon

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

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

Long Creek has the higher population (1,309 vs 1,035 in Macon). Long Creek has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $74,063 in Macon). Long Creek has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $109,500 in Macon).

Population, income & housing

	Long Creek	Macon
Population	1,309	1,035
Median age	49.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$74,063
Median home value	$165,800	$109,500
Median gross rent	$839	$800
Housing units	549	498
Homeownership rate	91.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Creek	Macon
Population	1,459 → 1,309 (-10.3%)	1,207 → 1,035 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$84,896 → $83,214 (-2.0%)	$67,188 → $74,063 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $165,800 (+14.2%)	$97,000 → $109,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $839 (+17.0%)	$629 → $800 (+27.2%)

Long Creek

Population

1,4591,309

Median household income

$84,896$83,214

Median home value

$145,200$165,800

Median gross rent

$717$839

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)

	Long Creek	Macon
Under 5	4.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	20.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.7%
75 and over	7.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Creek	Macon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Creek	Macon
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Creek	Macon
Drove alone	76.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Creek	Macon
1-unit, detached	94.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Long Creek	Macon
Poverty rate	4.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1973	1959