Fayetteville vs Marissa

A side-by-side comparison of Fayetteville and Marissa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marissa has the higher population (1,133 vs 381 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($56,458 vs $48,393 in Marissa). Marissa has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $85,300 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Marissa
Population	381	1,133
Median age	33.8 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$48,393
Median home value	$85,300	$87,000
Median gross rent	—	$572
Housing units	161	725
Homeownership rate	84.4%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Marissa
Population	379 → 381 (+0.5%)	1,410 → 1,133 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$58,889 → $56,458 (-4.1%)	$40,216 → $48,393 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $85,300 (+17.3%)	$79,500 → $87,000 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $758 (+5.4%)	$670 → $572 (-14.6%)

Fayetteville

Population

379381

Median household income

$58,889$56,458

Median home value

$72,700$85,300

Median gross rent

$719$758

Marissa

Population

1,4101,133

Median household income

$40,216$48,393

Median home value

$79,500$87,000

Median gross rent

$670$572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Marissa
Under 5	12.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	0.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	18.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	5.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.7%
75 and over	4.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Marissa
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	14.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Marissa
No high school diploma	13.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Marissa
Drove alone	88.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	1.8%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Marissa
1-unit, detached	72.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Marissa
Poverty rate	10.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.70	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1956	1958