Mackinaw is a city of 1,979 people in Illinois. The foreign-born share is 0%. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. Growth has run 36% since 2000, or 527 more people. The typical home is worth $158,300, having more than doubled since 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 35.6.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $67,292, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% 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 Mackinaw
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants75.9% → 69.9%(−6.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
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)31.3%(46)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.6%(20)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era21.8%(32)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.7%(4)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 147 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
Mackinaw, decade by decade
Mackinaw 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
1,331
$72,309
$110,643
11.2%
2.6
2000
1,452
$74,262
$154,294
12.0%
7.8
2010
1,950
$87,872
$184,712
19.2%
8.9
2020
1,879
$80,181
$167,746
25.6%
19.0
2024
1,979
$67,292
$158,300
23.2%
6.0
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.
