Countryside vs Stickney

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

Countryside 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 6,294 in Countryside). Countryside has the higher median household income ($78,132 vs $67,307 in Stickney). Countryside has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $236,000 in Stickney).

Population, income & housing

	Countryside	Stickney
Population	6,294	6,957
Median age	48.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,132	$67,307
Median home value	$330,700	$236,000
Median gross rent	$1,212	$1,114
Housing units	2,939	2,822
Homeownership rate	71.4%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Countryside	Stickney
Population	5,961 → 6,294 (+5.6%)	6,679 → 6,957 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $78,132 (+28.4%)	$65,257 → $67,307 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$228,100 → $330,700 (+45.0%)	$191,000 → $236,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,212 (+14.6%)	$1,057 → $1,114 (+5.4%)

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

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)

	Countryside	Stickney
Under 5	3.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.5%
75 and over	8.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Countryside	Stickney
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	32.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	65.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Countryside	Stickney
No high school diploma	8.0%	11.6%
High school graduate	25.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Countryside	Stickney
Drove alone	70.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	1.5%
Public transit	4.3%	3.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	10.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Countryside	Stickney
1-unit, detached	43.2%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	16.6%
20 or more units	23.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Countryside	Stickney
Poverty rate	8.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1975	1956