Bedford Park vs Golf

A side-by-side comparison of Bedford Park and Golf: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bedford Park has the higher population (594 vs 548 in Golf). Golf has the higher median household income ($238,098 vs $111,250 in Bedford Park). Golf has the higher median home value ($957,600 vs $266,800 in Bedford Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Park	Golf
Population	594	548
Median age	39.7 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$238,098
Median home value	$266,800	$957,600
Median gross rent	$1,771	—
Housing units	200	205
Homeownership rate	82.1%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	69.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Park	Golf
Population	614 → 594 (-3.3%)	481 → 548 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$86,944 → $111,250 (+28.0%)	$237,750 → $238,098 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$194,100 → $266,800 (+37.5%)	$870,000 → $957,600 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,771 (+32.1%)	—

Bedford Park

Population

614594

Median household income

$86,944$111,250

Median home value

$194,100$266,800

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,771

Golf

Population

481548

Median household income

$237,750$238,098

Median home value

$870,000$957,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Park	Golf
Under 5	12.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	23.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.0%
75 and over	7.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Park	Golf
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	79.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	41.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Park	Golf
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Park	Golf
Drove alone	84.9%	44.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	19.6%
Walked	8.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.0%	32.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Park	Golf
1-unit, detached	98.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Park	Golf
Poverty rate	10.1%	4.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1947	1965