Matherville vs Viola

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

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

Viola has the higher population (942 vs 703 in Matherville). Matherville has the higher median household income ($80,714 vs $67,500 in Viola). Matherville has the higher median home value ($136,200 vs $114,500 in Viola).

Population, income & housing

	Matherville	Viola
Population	703	942
Median age	36.7 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,714	$67,500
Median home value	$136,200	$114,500
Median gross rent	$775	$692
Housing units	305	467
Homeownership rate	82.4%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matherville	Viola
Population	857 → 703 (-18.0%)	966 → 942 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $80,714 (+20.3%)	$62,917 → $67,500 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $136,200 (+34.9%)	$95,000 → $114,500 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $775 (+38.4%)	$625 → $692 (+10.7%)

Matherville

Population

857703

Median household income

$67,083$80,714

Median home value

$101,000$136,200

Median gross rent

$560$775

Viola

Population

966942

Median household income

$62,917$67,500

Median home value

$95,000$114,500

Median gross rent

$625$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matherville	Viola
Under 5	5.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	18.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.8%
75 and over	12.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matherville	Viola
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
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	1.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matherville	Viola
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	43.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matherville	Viola
Drove alone	79.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	9.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matherville	Viola
1-unit, detached	79.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Matherville	Viola
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1959	1957