Macon vs Niantic

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

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

Macon has the higher population (1,035 vs 734 in Niantic). Macon has the higher median household income ($74,063 vs $64,009 in Niantic). Niantic has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $109,500 in Macon).

Population, income & housing

	Macon	Niantic
Population	1,035	734
Median age	46.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,063	$64,009
Median home value	$109,500	$111,700
Median gross rent	$800	$1,000
Housing units	498	263
Homeownership rate	81.9%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macon	Niantic
Population	1,207 → 1,035 (-14.3%)	574 → 734 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $74,063 (+10.2%)	$56,111 → $64,009 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $109,500 (+12.9%)	$84,000 → $111,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $800 (+27.2%)	$575 → $1,000 (+73.9%)

Macon

Population

1,2071,035

Median household income

$67,188$74,063

Median home value

$97,000$109,500

Median gross rent

$629$800

Niantic

Population

574734

Median household income

$56,111$64,009

Median home value

$84,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$575$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macon	Niantic
Under 5	5.2%	17.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	6.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.2%
75 and over	9.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macon	Niantic
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	81.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macon	Niantic
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	42.3%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macon	Niantic
Drove alone	83.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macon	Niantic
1-unit, detached	86.5%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Macon	Niantic
Poverty rate	5.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.34	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1959	1945