Burnham vs Dixmoor

A side-by-side comparison of Burnham and Dixmoor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burnham has the higher population (3,978 vs 2,962 in Dixmoor). Burnham has the higher median household income ($55,708 vs $39,861 in Dixmoor). Burnham has the higher median home value ($146,400 vs $75,500 in Dixmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Burnham	Dixmoor
Population	3,978	2,962
Median age	36.5 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,708	$39,861
Median home value	$146,400	$75,500
Median gross rent	$1,183	$1,227
Housing units	1,633	1,188
Homeownership rate	60.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnham	Dixmoor
Population	4,158 → 3,978 (-4.3%)	3,604 → 2,962 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$46,394 → $55,708 (+20.1%)	$49,668 → $39,861 (-19.7%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $146,400 (+51.9%)	$61,200 → $75,500 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,183 (+27.2%)	$1,004 → $1,227 (+22.2%)

Burnham

Population

4,1583,978

Median household income

$46,394$55,708

Median home value

$96,400$146,400

Median gross rent

$930$1,183

Dixmoor

Population

3,6042,962

Median household income

$49,668$39,861

Median home value

$61,200$75,500

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnham	Dixmoor
Under 5	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	7.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.3%
75 and over	8.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnham	Dixmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	10.6%	10.4%
Black or African American	60.6%	37.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	50.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnham	Dixmoor
No high school diploma	16.0%	18.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnham	Dixmoor
Drove alone	68.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.1%
Public transit	9.5%	14.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	2.0%
Other means	3.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnham	Dixmoor
1-unit, detached	58.5%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	45.9%

Poverty & households

	Burnham	Dixmoor
Poverty rate	13.8%	27.9%
Average household size	2.51	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1970	1972