Mackinaw vs North Pekin

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

Mackinaw and North Pekin 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 1,647 in North Pekin). North Pekin has the higher median household income ($79,730 vs $71,875 in Mackinaw). Mackinaw has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $118,100 in North Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Mackinaw	North Pekin
Population	1,869	1,647
Median age	36.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$79,730
Median home value	$159,200	$118,100
Median gross rent	$874	$1,090
Housing units	814	721
Homeownership rate	66.2%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mackinaw	North Pekin
Population	1,949 → 1,869 (-4.1%)	1,554 → 1,647 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$68,950 → $71,875 (+4.2%)	$57,847 → $79,730 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $159,200 (+14.8%)	$89,800 → $118,100 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $874 (+15.5%)	$928 → $1,090 (+17.5%)

Mackinaw

Population

1,9491,869

Median household income

$68,950$71,875

Median home value

$138,700$159,200

Median gross rent

$757$874

North Pekin

Population

1,5541,647

Median household income

$57,847$79,730

Median home value

$89,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$928$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mackinaw	North Pekin
Under 5	8.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	20.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.2%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mackinaw	North Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mackinaw	North Pekin
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mackinaw	North Pekin
Drove alone	89.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mackinaw	North Pekin
1-unit, detached	78.7%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.8%
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	North Pekin
Poverty rate	7.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1972	1965