Marine vs St. Jacob

A side-by-side comparison of Marine and St. Jacob: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Jacob has the higher population (1,617 vs 1,181 in Marine). St. Jacob has the higher median household income ($107,188 vs $76,304 in Marine). St. Jacob has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $165,100 in Marine).

Population, income & housing

	Marine	St. Jacob
Population	1,181	1,617
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,304	$107,188
Median home value	$165,100	$192,400
Median gross rent	$880	$1,260
Housing units	429	557
Homeownership rate	81.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marine	St. Jacob
Population	910 → 1,181 (+29.8%)	1,406 → 1,617 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$65,192 → $76,304 (+17.0%)	$80,742 → $107,188 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $165,100 (+22.3%)	$158,700 → $192,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $880 (+30.4%)	$1,136 → $1,260 (+10.9%)

Marine

Population

9101,181

Median household income

$65,192$76,304

Median home value

$135,000$165,100

Median gross rent

$675$880

St. Jacob

Population

1,4061,617

Median household income

$80,742$107,188

Median home value

$158,700$192,400

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marine	St. Jacob
Under 5	3.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	26.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	4.9%
75 and over	7.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marine	St. Jacob
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	3.5%
Two or more races	7.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marine	St. Jacob
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marine	St. Jacob
Drove alone	85.5%	90.8%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marine	St. Jacob
1-unit, detached	81.6%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Marine	St. Jacob
Poverty rate	3.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.79	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1970	1995