Calumet City vs Park Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet City and Park Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Ridge has the higher population (39,241 vs 35,253 in Calumet City). Park Ridge has the higher median household income ($138,059 vs $53,991 in Calumet City). Park Ridge has the higher median home value ($539,300 vs $133,600 in Calumet City).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet City	Park Ridge
Population	35,253	39,241
Median age	37.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,991	$138,059
Median home value	$133,600	$539,300
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,511
Housing units	16,868	16,013
Homeownership rate	55.9%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	65.1%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet City	Park Ridge
Population	36,551 → 35,253 (-3.6%)	37,457 → 39,241 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$44,456 → $53,991 (+21.4%)	$111,642 → $138,059 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $133,600 (+26.0%)	$437,000 → $539,300 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,138 (+17.7%)	$1,433 → $1,511 (+5.4%)

Calumet City

Population

36,55135,253

Median household income

$44,456$53,991

Median home value

$106,000$133,600

Median gross rent

$967$1,138

Park Ridge

Population

37,45739,241

Median household income

$111,642$138,059

Median home value

$437,000$539,300

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet City	Park Ridge
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.7%
75 and over	5.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet City	Park Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	82.8%
Black or African American	73.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet City	Park Ridge
No high school diploma	11.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet City	Park Ridge
Drove alone	70.0%	60.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.3%
Public transit	8.1%	8.6%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.7%	22.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet City	Park Ridge
1-unit, detached	52.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	8.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Calumet City	Park Ridge
Poverty rate	23.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1968	1960