Alsip vs Matteson

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

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

Matteson has the higher population (18,681 vs 18,650 in Alsip). Matteson has the higher median household income ($98,617 vs $67,557 in Alsip). Matteson has the higher median home value ($251,400 vs $208,700 in Alsip).

Population, income & housing

	Alsip	Matteson
Population	18,650	18,681
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,557	$98,617
Median home value	$208,700	$251,400
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,390
Housing units	8,076	7,737
Homeownership rate	65.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsip	Matteson
Population	19,022 → 18,650 (-2.0%)	19,385 → 18,681 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$63,312 → $67,557 (+6.7%)	$83,729 → $98,617 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $208,700 (+21.8%)	$165,100 → $251,400 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,102 (+14.7%)	$1,227 → $1,390 (+13.3%)

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

Matteson

Population

19,38518,681

Median household income

$83,729$98,617

Median home value

$165,100$251,400

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsip	Matteson
Under 5	7.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.9%
75 and over	7.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsip	Matteson
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	14.4%
Black or African American	21.9%	78.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsip	Matteson
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsip	Matteson
Drove alone	75.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.1%
Public transit	4.0%	4.2%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	19.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsip	Matteson
1-unit, detached	54.1%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	28.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Alsip	Matteson
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1974	1996