Delavan vs Mackinaw

A side-by-side comparison of Delavan and Mackinaw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mackinaw has the higher population (1,869 vs 1,600 in Delavan). Mackinaw has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $69,038 in Delavan). Mackinaw has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $118,400 in Delavan).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	Mackinaw
Population	1,600	1,869
Median age	38.0 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,038	$71,875
Median home value	$118,400	$159,200
Median gross rent	$775	$874
Housing units	741	814
Homeownership rate	78.6%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	Mackinaw
Population	1,751 → 1,600 (-8.6%)	1,949 → 1,869 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$58,056 → $69,038 (+18.9%)	$68,950 → $71,875 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $118,400 (+7.3%)	$138,700 → $159,200 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $775 (+4.3%)	$757 → $874 (+15.5%)

Delavan

Population

1,7511,600

Median household income

$58,056$69,038

Median home value

$110,300$118,400

Median gross rent

$743$775

Mackinaw

Population

1,9491,869

Median household income

$68,950$71,875

Median home value

$138,700$159,200

Median gross rent

$757$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	Mackinaw
Under 5	5.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	24.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.0%
75 and over	10.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	Mackinaw
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	Mackinaw
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	Mackinaw
Drove alone	88.7%	89.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	Mackinaw
1-unit, detached	87.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	Mackinaw
Poverty rate	12.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1951	1972