Calumet Park vs Stickney

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

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

Stickney has the higher population (6,957 vs 6,836 in Calumet Park). Stickney has the higher median household income ($67,307 vs $57,389 in Calumet Park). Stickney has the higher median home value ($236,000 vs $180,800 in Calumet Park).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet Park	Stickney
Population	6,836	6,957
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,389	$67,307
Median home value	$180,800	$236,000
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,114
Housing units	3,099	2,822
Homeownership rate	57.5%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet Park	Stickney
Population	8,208 → 6,836 (-16.7%)	6,679 → 6,957 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$48,092 → $57,389 (+19.3%)	$65,257 → $67,307 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $180,800 (+69.6%)	$191,000 → $236,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,157 (+24.5%)	$1,057 → $1,114 (+5.4%)

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

Stickney

Population

6,6796,957

Median household income

$65,257$67,307

Median home value

$191,000$236,000

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet Park	Stickney
Under 5	4.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet Park	Stickney
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	32.5%
Black or African American	80.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	65.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet Park	Stickney
No high school diploma	10.2%	11.6%
High school graduate	22.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet Park	Stickney
Drove alone	64.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	1.5%
Public transit	15.2%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	10.9%
Other means	2.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet Park	Stickney
1-unit, detached	66.4%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	16.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calumet Park	Stickney
Poverty rate	13.7%	11.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1958	1956