Mark vs Standard

A side-by-side comparison of Mark and Standard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mark has the higher population (522 vs 284 in Standard). Mark has the higher median household income ($79,911 vs $52,500 in Standard). Mark has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $108,200 in Standard).

Population, income & housing

	Mark	Standard
Population	522	284
Median age	45.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,911	$52,500
Median home value	$154,800	$108,200
Median gross rent	$856	$908
Housing units	282	172
Homeownership rate	75.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mark	Standard
Population	482 → 522 (+8.3%)	287 → 284 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $79,911 (+23.5%)	$41,875 → $52,500 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $154,800 (+31.3%)	$82,700 → $108,200 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $856 (+12.9%)	$400 → $908 (+127.0%)

Mark

Population

482522

Median household income

$64,688$79,911

Median home value

$117,900$154,800

Median gross rent

$758$856

Standard

Population

287284

Median household income

$41,875$52,500

Median home value

$82,700$108,200

Median gross rent

$400$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mark	Standard
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	4.6%
75 and over	5.9%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mark	Standard
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mark	Standard
No high school diploma	1.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mark	Standard
Drove alone	85.3%	89.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	8.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mark	Standard
1-unit, detached	94.0%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mark	Standard
Poverty rate	4.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.08	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1968	1955