Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mackinaw’s best subject grades are an A− for health, history, and civic life. 29% of residents are under 18 in Mackinaw, against 22% in Illinois’ towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Mackinaw's schools outperform 70% of the state's. Illinois Traction System Mackinaw Depot is on the National Register of Historic Places. Mackinaw has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Mackinaw beats most towns.
Where Mackinaw’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Mackinaw is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 496 in 1870, 1,879 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 3 maps from 1928 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mackinaw, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Mackinaw.
Mackinaw beats the Illinois average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of adults binge drink in Mackinaw, where Illinois’ towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 16%. 9.6% of adults have diabetes in Mackinaw.
| Mackinaw | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 11% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Mackinaw | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The violent crime rate in Mackinaw is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Mackinaw | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Mackinaw for work: only 12% work in town. 5.9% of Mackinaw workers work from home. The top destinations are Peoria (15%), Morton (8%) and Normal (4%).
| Mackinaw | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.9% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mackinaw has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Mackinaw home is worth about $261,000, up 8% in a year, 12% below the Illinois typical home. Mackinaw’s median rent is $835 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Westwood Park | — | 10 |
| 2. Veterans Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mackinaw. Close and well known come first.
25 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park17 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
3 mi Theme parkSpider Hill
17 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
18 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I HouseWildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mackinaw
About 5 of every 100 Mackinaw residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Mackinaw is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States, and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Mackinaw had a population of 1,879.
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One town shares a border with Mackinaw.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackinaw | — | — | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Heritage Lake | — | — | B− | — | B+ | A− |
Mackinaw and Heritage Lake have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Heritage Lake reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Mackinaw with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. That is 3.6 years of the area's median household income ($71,857 across the Peoria, IL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
