Calumet City vs Streamwood

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

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

Streamwood has the higher population (39,055 vs 35,253 in Calumet City). Streamwood has the higher median household income ($101,049 vs $53,991 in Calumet City). Streamwood has the higher median home value ($258,300 vs $133,600 in Calumet City).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet City	Streamwood
Population	35,253	39,055
Median age	37.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,991	$101,049
Median home value	$133,600	$258,300
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,849
Housing units	16,868	13,487
Homeownership rate	55.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet City	Streamwood
Population	36,551 → 35,253 (-3.6%)	39,809 → 39,055 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$44,456 → $53,991 (+21.4%)	$80,651 → $101,049 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $133,600 (+26.0%)	$192,800 → $258,300 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,138 (+17.7%)	$1,743 → $1,849 (+6.1%)

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

Streamwood

Population

39,80939,055

Median household income

$80,651$101,049

Median home value

$192,800$258,300

Median gross rent

$1,743$1,849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet City	Streamwood
Under 5	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.3%
75 and over	5.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet City	Streamwood
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	39.3%
Black or African American	73.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet City	Streamwood
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet City	Streamwood
Drove alone	70.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.7%
Public transit	8.1%	1.5%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.7%	10.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet City	Streamwood
1-unit, detached	52.9%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	9.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Calumet City	Streamwood
Poverty rate	23.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1968	1981