Maroa vs Warrensburg

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

Maroa and Warrensburg 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 1,076 in Warrensburg). Warrensburg has the higher median household income ($88,897 vs $72,500 in Maroa). Warrensburg has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $128,200 in Maroa).

Population, income & housing

	Maroa	Warrensburg
Population	1,751	1,076
Median age	37.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$88,897
Median home value	$128,200	$141,100
Median gross rent	$794	$809
Housing units	779	473
Homeownership rate	69.0%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maroa	Warrensburg
Population	1,587 → 1,751 (+10.3%)	1,488 → 1,076 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$60,893 → $72,500 (+19.1%)	$64,107 → $88,897 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $128,200 (+40.6%)	$98,800 → $141,100 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $794 (+19.9%)	$619 → $809 (+30.7%)

Maroa

Population

1,5871,751

Median household income

$60,893$72,500

Median home value

$91,200$128,200

Median gross rent

$662$794

Warrensburg

Population

1,4881,076

Median household income

$64,107$88,897

Median home value

$98,800$141,100

Median gross rent

$619$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maroa	Warrensburg
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	29.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	7.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	15.0%
75 and over	5.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maroa	Warrensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maroa	Warrensburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maroa	Warrensburg
Drove alone	87.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maroa	Warrensburg
1-unit, detached	82.8%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Maroa	Warrensburg
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1965	1972