Burnham vs Indian Head Park

A side-by-side comparison of Burnham and Indian Head Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Indian Head Park has the higher population (3,992 vs 3,978 in Burnham). Indian Head Park has the higher median household income ($107,019 vs $55,708 in Burnham). Indian Head Park has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $146,400 in Burnham).

Population, income & housing

	Burnham	Indian Head Park
Population	3,978	3,992
Median age	36.5 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,708	$107,019
Median home value	$146,400	$337,700
Median gross rent	$1,183	$1,731
Housing units	1,633	1,838
Homeownership rate	60.0%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnham	Indian Head Park
Population	4,158 → 3,978 (-4.3%)	3,776 → 3,992 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$46,394 → $55,708 (+20.1%)	$85,910 → $107,019 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $146,400 (+51.9%)	$246,200 → $337,700 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,183 (+27.2%)	$986 → $1,731 (+75.6%)

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

Indian Head Park

Population

3,7763,992

Median household income

$85,910$107,019

Median home value

$246,200$337,700

Median gross rent

$986$1,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnham	Indian Head Park
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	15.7%
75 and over	8.3%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnham	Indian Head Park
White (non-Hispanic)	10.6%	84.4%
Black or African American	60.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnham	Indian Head Park
No high school diploma	16.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnham	Indian Head Park
Drove alone	68.1%	68.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.7%
Public transit	9.5%	6.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	21.2%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnham	Indian Head Park
1-unit, detached	58.5%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Burnham	Indian Head Park
Poverty rate	13.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1970	1978