Burnham vs Hometown

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

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

Hometown has the higher population (4,244 vs 3,978 in Burnham). Hometown has the higher median household income ($59,265 vs $55,708 in Burnham). Hometown has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $146,400 in Burnham).

Population, income & housing

	Burnham	Hometown
Population	3,978	4,244
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,708	$59,265
Median home value	$146,400	$152,000
Median gross rent	$1,183	$812
Housing units	1,633	1,916
Homeownership rate	60.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnham	Hometown
Population	4,158 → 3,978 (-4.3%)	4,272 → 4,244 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$46,394 → $55,708 (+20.1%)	$50,548 → $59,265 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $146,400 (+51.9%)	$117,100 → $152,000 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,183 (+27.2%)	$451 → $812 (+80.0%)

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

Hometown

Population

4,2724,244

Median household income

$50,548$59,265

Median home value

$117,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$451$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnham	Hometown
Under 5	4.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.4%
75 and over	8.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnham	Hometown
White (non-Hispanic)	10.6%	62.5%
Black or African American	60.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	32.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnham	Hometown
No high school diploma	16.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnham	Hometown
Drove alone	68.1%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.5%
Public transit	9.5%	8.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	6.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnham	Hometown
1-unit, detached	58.5%	11.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	65.4%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnham	Hometown
Poverty rate	13.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1970	1955