Dixmoor vs Kenilworth

A side-by-side comparison of Dixmoor and Kenilworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dixmoor has the higher population (2,962 vs 2,543 in Kenilworth). Kenilworth has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $39,861 in Dixmoor). Kenilworth has the higher median home value ($1,409,800 vs $75,500 in Dixmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Dixmoor	Kenilworth
Population	2,962	2,543
Median age	27.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,861	$250,001
Median home value	$75,500	$1,409,800
Median gross rent	$1,227	$3,501
Housing units	1,188	815
Homeownership rate	63.9%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	91.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixmoor	Kenilworth
Population	3,604 → 2,962 (-17.8%)	2,460 → 2,543 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$49,668 → $39,861 (-19.7%)	$227,404 → $250,001 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$61,200 → $75,500 (+23.4%)	$1,121,100 → $1,409,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,227 (+22.2%)	$2,906 → $3,501 (+20.5%)

Dixmoor

Population

3,6042,962

Median household income

$49,668$39,861

Median home value

$61,200$75,500

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,227

Kenilworth

Population

2,4602,543

Median household income

$227,404$250,001

Median home value

$1,121,100$1,409,800

Median gross rent

$2,906$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixmoor	Kenilworth
Under 5	7.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.2%	30.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	2.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	16.9%
55 to 64	7.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.6%
75 and over	7.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixmoor	Kenilworth
White (non-Hispanic)	10.4%	84.0%
Black or African American	37.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixmoor	Kenilworth
No high school diploma	18.2%	0.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	1.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	43.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	48.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixmoor	Kenilworth
Drove alone	79.0%	33.1%
Carpooled	1.1%	2.9%
Public transit	14.3%	20.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	2.0%	37.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixmoor	Kenilworth
1-unit, detached	48.3%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	45.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixmoor	Kenilworth
Poverty rate	27.9%	1.1%
Average household size	3.22	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1972	1938