Good Hope vs Macomb

A side-by-side comparison of Good Hope and Macomb: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Macomb has the higher population (15,006 vs 397 in Good Hope). Good Hope has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $39,753 in Macomb). Macomb has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $95,900 in Good Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Good Hope	Macomb
Population	397	15,006
Median age	35.3 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	$39,753
Median home value	$95,900	$99,800
Median gross rent	$788	$733
Housing units	174	7,368
Homeownership rate	82.8%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Good Hope	Macomb
Population	409 → 397 (-2.9%)	17,857 → 15,006 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $69,063 (+51.4%)	$39,384 → $39,753 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $95,900 (+24.9%)	$101,400 → $99,800 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $788 (+19.2%)	$688 → $733 (+6.5%)

Good Hope

Population

409397

Median household income

$45,625$69,063

Median home value

$76,800$95,900

Median gross rent

$661$788

Macomb

Population

17,85715,006

Median household income

$39,384$39,753

Median home value

$101,400$99,800

Median gross rent

$688$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Good Hope	Macomb
Under 5	5.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	30.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.9%
75 and over	8.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Good Hope	Macomb
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Good Hope	Macomb
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Good Hope	Macomb
Drove alone	87.1%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.8%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Good Hope	Macomb
1-unit, detached	83.3%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	20.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Good Hope	Macomb
Poverty rate	6.5%	29.5%
Average household size	2.44	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1968	1968