Marquette Heights vs Tremont

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

Marquette Heights and Tremont 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 2,300 in Tremont). Tremont has the higher median household income ($77,420 vs $77,386 in Marquette Heights). Tremont has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $121,600 in Marquette Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette Heights	Tremont
Population	2,613	2,300
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,386	$77,420
Median home value	$121,600	$200,600
Median gross rent	$1,132	$900
Housing units	1,222	1,151
Homeownership rate	90.7%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette Heights	Tremont
Population	2,694 → 2,613 (-3.0%)	2,082 → 2,300 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$60,804 → $77,386 (+27.3%)	$66,744 → $77,420 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $121,600 (+17.7%)	$164,200 → $200,600 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,132 (+1.8%)	$638 → $900 (+41.1%)

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

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)

	Marquette Heights	Tremont
Under 5	6.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.9%
75 and over	3.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette Heights	Tremont
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	2.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette Heights	Tremont
No high school diploma	6.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette Heights	Tremont
Drove alone	86.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette Heights	Tremont
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marquette Heights	Tremont
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1961	1964