Marquette Heights vs Morton

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

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

Morton has the higher population (16,503 vs 2,613 in Marquette Heights). Morton has the higher median household income ($87,760 vs $77,386 in Marquette Heights). Morton has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $121,600 in Marquette Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette Heights	Morton
Population	2,613	16,503
Median age	39.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,386	$87,760
Median home value	$121,600	$238,900
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,001
Housing units	1,222	7,416
Homeownership rate	90.7%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette Heights	Morton
Population	2,694 → 2,613 (-3.0%)	16,562 → 16,503 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$60,804 → $77,386 (+27.3%)	$77,214 → $87,760 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $121,600 (+17.7%)	$199,400 → $238,900 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,132 (+1.8%)	$878 → $1,001 (+14.0%)

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

Morton

Population

16,56216,503

Median household income

$77,214$87,760

Median home value

$199,400$238,900

Median gross rent

$878$1,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marquette Heights	Morton
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.7%
75 and over	3.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette Heights	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette Heights	Morton
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette Heights	Morton
Drove alone	86.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette Heights	Morton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Marquette Heights	Morton
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1961	1975