Long Creek vs Maroa

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

Long Creek 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 1,309 in Long Creek). Long Creek has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $72,500 in Maroa). Long Creek has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $128,200 in Maroa).

Population, income & housing

	Long Creek	Maroa
Population	1,309	1,751
Median age	49.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$72,500
Median home value	$165,800	$128,200
Median gross rent	$839	$794
Housing units	549	779
Homeownership rate	91.3%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Creek	Maroa
Population	1,459 → 1,309 (-10.3%)	1,587 → 1,751 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$84,896 → $83,214 (-2.0%)	$60,893 → $72,500 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $165,800 (+14.2%)	$91,200 → $128,200 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $839 (+17.0%)	$662 → $794 (+19.9%)

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

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)

	Long Creek	Maroa
Under 5	4.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	29.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	20.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.5%
75 and over	7.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Creek	Maroa
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	74.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Creek	Maroa
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	39.6%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Creek	Maroa
Drove alone	76.1%	87.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Creek	Maroa
1-unit, detached	94.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Long Creek	Maroa
Poverty rate	4.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1973	1965