Machesney Park vs South Beloit

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

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

Machesney Park has the higher population (22,744 vs 7,930 in South Beloit). South Beloit has the higher median household income ($81,836 vs $74,244 in Machesney Park). Machesney Park has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $160,800 in South Beloit).

Population, income & housing

	Machesney Park	South Beloit
Population	22,744	7,930
Median age	40.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,244	$81,836
Median home value	$162,500	$160,800
Median gross rent	$1,109	$925
Housing units	9,125	3,256
Homeownership rate	80.5%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Machesney Park	South Beloit
Population	22,817 → 22,744 (-0.3%)	7,900 → 7,930 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$63,662 → $74,244 (+16.6%)	$60,822 → $81,836 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $162,500 (+34.6%)	$125,800 → $160,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,109 (+16.0%)	$784 → $925 (+18.0%)

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

South Beloit

Population

7,9007,930

Median household income

$60,822$81,836

Median home value

$125,800$160,800

Median gross rent

$784$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Machesney Park	South Beloit
Under 5	5.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.4%
75 and over	5.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Machesney Park	South Beloit
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	78.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Machesney Park	South Beloit
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	37.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Machesney Park	South Beloit
Drove alone	84.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	21.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Machesney Park	South Beloit
1-unit, detached	88.4%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Machesney Park	South Beloit
Poverty rate	13.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1977	1990