Marquette Heights vs Pekin

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

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

Pekin has the higher population (31,812 vs 2,613 in Marquette Heights). Marquette Heights has the higher median household income ($77,386 vs $58,355 in Pekin). Marquette Heights has the higher median home value ($121,600 vs $118,200 in Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette Heights	Pekin
Population	2,613	31,812
Median age	39.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,386	$58,355
Median home value	$121,600	$118,200
Median gross rent	$1,132	$792
Housing units	1,222	14,733
Homeownership rate	90.7%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette Heights	Pekin
Population	2,694 → 2,613 (-3.0%)	32,846 → 31,812 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$60,804 → $77,386 (+27.3%)	$50,973 → $58,355 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $121,600 (+17.7%)	$106,200 → $118,200 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,132 (+1.8%)	$659 → $792 (+20.2%)

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

Pekin

Population

32,84631,812

Median household income

$50,973$58,355

Median home value

$106,200$118,200

Median gross rent

$659$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marquette Heights	Pekin
Under 5	6.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.3%
75 and over	3.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette Heights	Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette Heights	Pekin
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	31.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette Heights	Pekin
Drove alone	86.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette Heights	Pekin
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Marquette Heights	Pekin
Poverty rate	5.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1961	1962