Morton vs Pekin

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

Morton 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 16,503 in Morton). Morton has the higher median household income ($87,760 vs $58,355 in Pekin). Morton has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $118,200 in Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Morton	Pekin
Population	16,503	31,812
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,760	$58,355
Median home value	$238,900	$118,200
Median gross rent	$1,001	$792
Housing units	7,416	14,733
Homeownership rate	78.2%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morton	Pekin
Population	16,562 → 16,503 (-0.4%)	32,846 → 31,812 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$77,214 → $87,760 (+13.7%)	$50,973 → $58,355 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$199,400 → $238,900 (+19.8%)	$106,200 → $118,200 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $1,001 (+14.0%)	$659 → $792 (+20.2%)

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

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)

	Morton	Pekin
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.3%
75 and over	9.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morton	Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morton	Pekin
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	22.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morton	Pekin
Drove alone	80.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	2.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.7%	7.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morton	Pekin
1-unit, detached	68.1%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Morton	Pekin
Poverty rate	6.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1975	1962