Loves Park vs Machesney Park

A side-by-side comparison of Loves Park and Machesney Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Loves Park and Machesney Park are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Loves Park has the higher population (23,185 vs 22,744 in Machesney Park). Machesney Park has the higher median household income ($74,244 vs $58,633 in Loves Park). Machesney Park has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $144,900 in Loves Park).

Population, income & housing

	Loves Park	Machesney Park
Population	23,185	22,744
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,633	$74,244
Median home value	$144,900	$162,500
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,109
Housing units	10,374	9,125
Homeownership rate	62.4%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loves Park	Machesney Park
Population	23,710 → 23,185 (-2.2%)	22,817 → 22,744 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$59,059 → $58,633 (-0.7%)	$63,662 → $74,244 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $144,900 (+29.5%)	$120,700 → $162,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,102 (+30.0%)	$956 → $1,109 (+16.0%)

Loves Park

Population

23,71023,185

Median household income

$59,059$58,633

Median home value

$111,900$144,900

Median gross rent

$848$1,102

Machesney Park

Population

22,81722,744

Median household income

$63,662$74,244

Median home value

$120,700$162,500

Median gross rent

$956$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loves Park	Machesney Park
Under 5	7.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.8%
75 and over	7.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loves Park	Machesney Park
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	80.5%
Black or African American	7.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loves Park	Machesney Park
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loves Park	Machesney Park
Drove alone	80.7%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loves Park	Machesney Park
1-unit, detached	58.5%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Loves Park	Machesney Park
Poverty rate	15.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1985	1977