Harvard vs Marengo

A side-by-side comparison of Harvard and Marengo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harvard has the higher population (9,875 vs 7,123 in Marengo). Marengo has the higher median household income ($72,586 vs $71,418 in Harvard). Marengo has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $174,000 in Harvard).

Population, income & housing

	Harvard	Marengo
Population	9,875	7,123
Median age	30.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,418	$72,586
Median home value	$174,000	$206,100
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,077
Housing units	3,443	2,898
Homeownership rate	61.1%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvard	Marengo
Population	9,281 → 9,875 (+6.4%)	7,969 → 7,123 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$53,362 → $71,418 (+33.8%)	$63,694 → $72,586 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $174,000 (+39.4%)	$154,200 → $206,100 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,184 (+22.6%)	$912 → $1,077 (+18.1%)

Harvard

Population

9,2819,875

Median household income

$53,362$71,418

Median home value

$124,800$174,000

Median gross rent

$966$1,184

Marengo

Population

7,9697,123

Median household income

$63,694$72,586

Median home value

$154,200$206,100

Median gross rent

$912$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvard	Marengo
Under 5	7.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	24.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.3%
75 and over	2.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvard	Marengo
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.9%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvard	Marengo
No high school diploma	18.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvard	Marengo
Drove alone	76.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	13.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvard	Marengo
1-unit, detached	63.6%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	11.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Harvard	Marengo
Poverty rate	11.5%	15.6%
Average household size	3.04	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1980	1974