Bedford Park vs Phoenix

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

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

Phoenix has the higher population (1,284 vs 594 in Bedford Park). Bedford Park has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $25,703 in Phoenix). Bedford Park has the higher median home value ($266,800 vs $86,300 in Phoenix).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Park	Phoenix
Population	594	1,284
Median age	39.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$25,703
Median home value	$266,800	$86,300
Median gross rent	$1,771	$1,010
Housing units	200	738
Homeownership rate	82.1%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	23.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Park	Phoenix
Population	614 → 594 (-3.3%)	1,884 → 1,284 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$86,944 → $111,250 (+28.0%)	$36,906 → $25,703 (-30.4%)
Median home value	$194,100 → $266,800 (+37.5%)	$75,100 → $86,300 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,771 (+32.1%)	$907 → $1,010 (+11.4%)

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

Phoenix

Population

1,8841,284

Median household income

$36,906$25,703

Median home value

$75,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Park	Phoenix
Under 5	12.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	16.5%
75 and over	7.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Park	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	1.3%
Black or African American	5.1%	75.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	41.4%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Park	Phoenix
No high school diploma	7.2%	14.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Park	Phoenix
Drove alone	84.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	8.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Park	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	98.0%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Park	Phoenix
Poverty rate	10.1%	23.8%
Average household size	3.03	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1947	1962