Delavan vs Marquette Heights

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

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

Marquette Heights has the higher population (2,613 vs 1,600 in Delavan). Marquette Heights has the higher median household income ($77,386 vs $69,038 in Delavan). Marquette Heights has the higher median home value ($121,600 vs $118,400 in Delavan).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	Marquette Heights
Population	1,600	2,613
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,038	$77,386
Median home value	$118,400	$121,600
Median gross rent	$775	$1,132
Housing units	741	1,222
Homeownership rate	78.6%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	Marquette Heights
Population	1,751 → 1,600 (-8.6%)	2,694 → 2,613 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$58,056 → $69,038 (+18.9%)	$60,804 → $77,386 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $118,400 (+7.3%)	$103,300 → $121,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $775 (+4.3%)	$1,112 → $1,132 (+1.8%)

Delavan

Population

1,7511,600

Median household income

$58,056$69,038

Median home value

$110,300$118,400

Median gross rent

$743$775

Marquette Heights

Population

2,6942,613

Median household income

$60,804$77,386

Median home value

$103,300$121,600

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	Marquette Heights
Under 5	5.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	24.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.0%
75 and over	10.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	Marquette Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	Marquette Heights
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	Marquette Heights
Drove alone	88.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	Marquette Heights
1-unit, detached	87.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	Marquette Heights
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1951	1961