Marengo is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Marengo is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.83% of adults 25 and older in Marengo have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Marengo in 2018 was $35,338, which is middle income relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,352 for a family of four. However, Marengo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Marengo is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Marengo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marengo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Marengo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Marengo include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Marengo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
