Alsip vs Homewood

A side-by-side comparison of Alsip and Homewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Alsip and Homewood are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Homewood has the higher population (19,471 vs 18,650 in Alsip). Homewood has the higher median household income ($96,522 vs $67,557 in Alsip). Homewood has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $208,700 in Alsip).

Population, income & housing

	Alsip	Homewood
Population	18,650	19,471
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,557	$96,522
Median home value	$208,700	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,422
Housing units	8,076	7,394
Homeownership rate	65.2%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsip	Homewood
Population	19,022 → 18,650 (-2.0%)	19,112 → 19,471 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$63,312 → $67,557 (+6.7%)	$74,450 → $96,522 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $208,700 (+21.8%)	$163,100 → $210,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,102 (+14.7%)	$1,156 → $1,422 (+23.0%)

Alsip

Population

19,02218,650

Median household income

$63,312$67,557

Median home value

$171,400$208,700

Median gross rent

$961$1,102

Homewood

Population

19,11219,471

Median household income

$74,450$96,522

Median home value

$163,100$210,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,422

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsip	Homewood
Under 5	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.5%
75 and over	7.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsip	Homewood
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	42.0%
Black or African American	21.9%	44.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsip	Homewood
No high school diploma	11.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsip	Homewood
Drove alone	75.8%	62.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.1%
Public transit	4.0%	11.3%
Walked	2.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	13.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsip	Homewood
1-unit, detached	54.1%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	28.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Alsip	Homewood
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1974	1962