Maroa vs Mount Zion

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

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

Mount Zion has the higher population (6,076 vs 1,751 in Maroa). Mount Zion has the higher median household income ($110,786 vs $72,500 in Maroa). Mount Zion has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $128,200 in Maroa).

Population, income & housing

	Maroa	Mount Zion
Population	1,751	6,076
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$110,786
Median home value	$128,200	$200,300
Median gross rent	$794	$696
Housing units	779	2,251
Homeownership rate	69.0%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maroa	Mount Zion
Population	1,587 → 1,751 (+10.3%)	5,975 → 6,076 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$60,893 → $72,500 (+19.1%)	$85,765 → $110,786 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $128,200 (+40.6%)	$152,000 → $200,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $794 (+19.9%)	$662 → $696 (+5.1%)

Maroa

Population

1,5871,751

Median household income

$60,893$72,500

Median home value

$91,200$128,200

Median gross rent

$662$794

Mount Zion

Population

5,9756,076

Median household income

$85,765$110,786

Median home value

$152,000$200,300

Median gross rent

$662$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maroa	Mount Zion
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	29.8%	27.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	18.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.9%
75 and over	5.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maroa	Mount Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	3.9%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	11.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maroa	Mount Zion
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maroa	Mount Zion
Drove alone	87.9%	91.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maroa	Mount Zion
1-unit, detached	82.8%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maroa	Mount Zion
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1965	1980