With 22,630 people, Machesney Park is a city in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 19% of adults. Owners hold 80% of the housing stock. The typical home is worth $173,700, having more than doubled since 2000. 4% of residents were born outside the United States. There are 1,784 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $75,489, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Machesney Park
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate7.1% → 13.7%(+6.6 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$129,124 → $173,700(+35%)US over the same years: +67%
Machesney Park's population equals 8.0% of Winnebago County's. Its number of households without a car equals 3.4% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 3.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.4%(269)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)22.6%(222)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.2%(316)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1%(10)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 982 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Machesney Park, decade by decade
Machesney Park population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
19,033
$81,101
$129,124
5.5%
9.1
2000
20,759
$88,013
$164,678
11.2%
15.2
2010
23,499
$78,290
$171,909
12.5%
26.3
2020
22,950
$77,889
$155,141
17.2%
41.7
2024
22,630
$75,489
$173,700
19.4%
43.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
