Aledo vs Matherville

A side-by-side comparison of Aledo and Matherville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aledo has the higher population (3,753 vs 703 in Matherville). Matherville has the higher median household income ($80,714 vs $62,829 in Aledo). Aledo has the higher median home value ($140,000 vs $136,200 in Matherville).

Population, income & housing

	Aledo	Matherville
Population	3,753	703
Median age	40.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,829	$80,714
Median home value	$140,000	$136,200
Median gross rent	$770	$775
Housing units	1,690	305
Homeownership rate	65.6%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aledo	Matherville
Population	3,494 → 3,753 (+7.4%)	857 → 703 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$50,482 → $62,829 (+24.5%)	$67,083 → $80,714 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $140,000 (+43.0%)	$101,000 → $136,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $770 (+24.0%)	$560 → $775 (+38.4%)

Aledo

Population

3,4943,753

Median household income

$50,482$62,829

Median home value

$97,900$140,000

Median gross rent

$621$770

Matherville

Population

857703

Median household income

$67,083$80,714

Median home value

$101,000$136,200

Median gross rent

$560$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aledo	Matherville
Under 5	7.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	6.8%
75 and over	8.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aledo	Matherville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aledo	Matherville
No high school diploma	4.4%	11.4%
High school graduate	35.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aledo	Matherville
Drove alone	84.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aledo	Matherville
1-unit, detached	77.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Aledo	Matherville
Poverty rate	10.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1956	1959