Maryville vs Wood River

A side-by-side comparison of Maryville and Wood River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wood River has the higher population (10,315 vs 8,280 in Maryville). Maryville has the higher median household income ($100,813 vs $65,960 in Wood River). Maryville has the higher median home value ($253,100 vs $103,200 in Wood River).

Population, income & housing

	Maryville	Wood River
Population	8,280	10,315
Median age	49.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,813	$65,960
Median home value	$253,100	$103,200
Median gross rent	$987	$915
Housing units	3,497	4,975
Homeownership rate	86.0%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maryville	Wood River
Population	7,953 → 8,280 (+4.1%)	10,169 → 10,315 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$82,561 → $100,813 (+22.1%)	$46,860 → $65,960 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$209,500 → $253,100 (+20.8%)	$81,600 → $103,200 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $987 (+5.7%)	$779 → $915 (+17.5%)

Maryville

Population

7,9538,280

Median household income

$82,561$100,813

Median home value

$209,500$253,100

Median gross rent

$934$987

Wood River

Population

10,16910,315

Median household income

$46,860$65,960

Median home value

$81,600$103,200

Median gross rent

$779$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maryville	Wood River
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.4%	7.9%
75 and over	8.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maryville	Wood River
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	86.5%
Black or African American	6.0%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maryville	Wood River
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	19.2%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maryville	Wood River
Drove alone	71.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	23.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maryville	Wood River
1-unit, detached	77.8%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Maryville	Wood River
Poverty rate	3.2%	13.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1997	1954