Industry vs Macomb

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

Industry 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 633 in Industry). Industry has the higher median household income ($54,306 vs $39,753 in Macomb). Macomb has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $82,000 in Industry).

Population, income & housing

	Industry	Macomb
Population	633	15,006
Median age	29.0 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,306	$39,753
Median home value	$82,000	$99,800
Median gross rent	$776	$733
Housing units	273	7,368
Homeownership rate	85.0%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Industry	Macomb
Population	425 → 633 (+48.9%)	17,857 → 15,006 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $54,306 (-13.5%)	$39,384 → $39,753 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $82,000 (+27.9%)	$101,400 → $99,800 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $776 (-16.1%)	$688 → $733 (+6.5%)

Industry

Population

425633

Median household income

$62,750$54,306

Median home value

$64,100$82,000

Median gross rent

$925$776

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)

	Industry	Macomb
Under 5	8.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	27.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	30.8%
25 to 34	18.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.9%
75 and over	4.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Industry	Macomb
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Industry	Macomb
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	46.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Industry	Macomb
Drove alone	85.5%	74.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.3%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Industry	Macomb
1-unit, detached	90.8%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Industry	Macomb
Poverty rate	15.0%	29.5%
Average household size	2.50	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1963	1968