Calumet Park vs Countryside

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

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

Calumet Park has the higher population (6,836 vs 6,294 in Countryside). Countryside has the higher median household income ($78,132 vs $57,389 in Calumet Park). Countryside has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $180,800 in Calumet Park).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet Park	Countryside
Population	6,836	6,294
Median age	36.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,389	$78,132
Median home value	$180,800	$330,700
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,212
Housing units	3,099	2,939
Homeownership rate	57.5%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet Park	Countryside
Population	8,208 → 6,836 (-16.7%)	5,961 → 6,294 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$48,092 → $57,389 (+19.3%)	$60,833 → $78,132 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $180,800 (+69.6%)	$228,100 → $330,700 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,157 (+24.5%)	$1,058 → $1,212 (+14.6%)

Calumet Park

Population

8,2086,836

Median household income

$48,092$57,389

Median home value

$106,600$180,800

Median gross rent

$929$1,157

Countryside

Population

5,9616,294

Median household income

$60,833$78,132

Median home value

$228,100$330,700

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,212

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet Park	Countryside
Under 5	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	25.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.5%
75 and over	6.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet Park	Countryside
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	70.7%
Black or African American	80.7%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet Park	Countryside
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet Park	Countryside
Drove alone	64.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.0%
Public transit	15.2%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.0%
Other means	2.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet Park	Countryside
1-unit, detached	66.4%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	16.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	23.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Calumet Park	Countryside
Poverty rate	13.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1958	1975