Marquette Heights vs North Pekin

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

Marquette Heights and North Pekin 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 1,647 in North Pekin). North Pekin has the higher median household income ($79,730 vs $77,386 in Marquette Heights). Marquette Heights has the higher median home value ($121,600 vs $118,100 in North Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette Heights	North Pekin
Population	2,613	1,647
Median age	39.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,386	$79,730
Median home value	$121,600	$118,100
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,090
Housing units	1,222	721
Homeownership rate	90.7%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette Heights	North Pekin
Population	2,694 → 2,613 (-3.0%)	1,554 → 1,647 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$60,804 → $77,386 (+27.3%)	$57,847 → $79,730 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $121,600 (+17.7%)	$89,800 → $118,100 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,132 (+1.8%)	$928 → $1,090 (+17.5%)

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

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)

	Marquette Heights	North Pekin
Under 5	6.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	20.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.2%
75 and over	3.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette Heights	North Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	2.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette Heights	North Pekin
No high school diploma	6.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette Heights	North Pekin
Drove alone	86.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette Heights	North Pekin
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marquette Heights	North Pekin
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1961	1965