Bedford Park vs McCook

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

Bedford Park and McCook 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 299 in McCook). Bedford Park has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $74,464 in McCook). McCook has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $266,800 in Bedford Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Park	McCook
Population	594	299
Median age	39.7 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$74,464
Median home value	$266,800	$319,000
Median gross rent	$1,771	$1,338
Housing units	200	119
Homeownership rate	82.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Park	McCook
Population	614 → 594 (-3.3%)	279 → 299 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$86,944 → $111,250 (+28.0%)	$78,438 → $74,464 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$194,100 → $266,800 (+37.5%)	$280,800 → $319,000 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,771 (+32.1%)	$1,109 → $1,338 (+20.6%)

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

McCook

Population

279299

Median household income

$78,438$74,464

Median home value

$280,800$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Park	McCook
Under 5	12.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	22.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	5.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.0%
75 and over	7.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Park	McCook
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	43.8%
Black or African American	5.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	41.4%	50.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Park	McCook
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Park	McCook
Drove alone	84.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	12.7%
Walked	8.6%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Park	McCook
1-unit, detached	98.0%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	37.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Park	McCook
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1947	1961