Mackinaw vs Tremont

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

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

Tremont has the higher population (2,300 vs 1,869 in Mackinaw). Tremont has the higher median household income ($77,420 vs $71,875 in Mackinaw). Tremont has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $159,200 in Mackinaw).

Population, income & housing

	Mackinaw	Tremont
Population	1,869	2,300
Median age	36.2 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$77,420
Median home value	$159,200	$200,600
Median gross rent	$874	$900
Housing units	814	1,151
Homeownership rate	66.2%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mackinaw	Tremont
Population	1,949 → 1,869 (-4.1%)	2,082 → 2,300 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$68,950 → $71,875 (+4.2%)	$66,744 → $77,420 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $159,200 (+14.8%)	$164,200 → $200,600 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $874 (+15.5%)	$638 → $900 (+41.1%)

Mackinaw

Population

1,9491,869

Median household income

$68,950$71,875

Median home value

$138,700$159,200

Median gross rent

$757$874

Tremont

Population

2,0822,300

Median household income

$66,744$77,420

Median home value

$164,200$200,600

Median gross rent

$638$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mackinaw	Tremont
Under 5	8.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.9%
75 and over	7.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mackinaw	Tremont
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mackinaw	Tremont
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mackinaw	Tremont
Drove alone	89.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mackinaw	Tremont
1-unit, detached	78.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mackinaw	Tremont
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1972	1964