Mackinaw vs Marquette Heights

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

Mackinaw 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 1,869 in Mackinaw). Marquette Heights has the higher median household income ($77,386 vs $71,875 in Mackinaw). Mackinaw has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $121,600 in Marquette Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Mackinaw	Marquette Heights
Population	1,869	2,613
Median age	36.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$77,386
Median home value	$159,200	$121,600
Median gross rent	$874	$1,132
Housing units	814	1,222
Homeownership rate	66.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mackinaw	Marquette Heights
Population	1,949 → 1,869 (-4.1%)	2,694 → 2,613 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$68,950 → $71,875 (+4.2%)	$60,804 → $77,386 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $159,200 (+14.8%)	$103,300 → $121,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $874 (+15.5%)	$1,112 → $1,132 (+1.8%)

Mackinaw

Population

1,9491,869

Median household income

$68,950$71,875

Median home value

$138,700$159,200

Median gross rent

$757$874

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)

	Mackinaw	Marquette Heights
Under 5	8.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.0%
75 and over	7.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mackinaw	Marquette Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mackinaw	Marquette Heights
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	35.7%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mackinaw	Marquette Heights
Drove alone	89.5%	86.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mackinaw	Marquette Heights
1-unit, detached	78.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mackinaw	Marquette Heights
Poverty rate	7.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1972	1961