Keithsburg vs Matherville

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

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

Matherville has the higher population (703 vs 520 in Keithsburg). Matherville has the higher median household income ($80,714 vs $46,875 in Keithsburg). Matherville has the higher median home value ($136,200 vs $58,800 in Keithsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Keithsburg	Matherville
Population	520	703
Median age	51.6 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$80,714
Median home value	$58,800	$136,200
Median gross rent	$609	$775
Housing units	351	305
Homeownership rate	83.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keithsburg	Matherville
Population	545 → 520 (-4.6%)	857 → 703 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$45,972 → $46,875 (+2.0%)	$67,083 → $80,714 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$49,500 → $58,800 (+18.8%)	$101,000 → $136,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $609 (-7.4%)	$560 → $775 (+38.4%)

Keithsburg

Population

545520

Median household income

$45,972$46,875

Median home value

$49,500$58,800

Median gross rent

$658$609

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)

	Keithsburg	Matherville
Under 5	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.0%	6.8%
75 and over	14.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keithsburg	Matherville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keithsburg	Matherville
No high school diploma	13.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	58.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keithsburg	Matherville
Drove alone	76.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	24.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keithsburg	Matherville
1-unit, detached	64.4%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Keithsburg	Matherville
Poverty rate	15.6%	10.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1972	1959