Dixmoor vs Merrionette Park

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

Dixmoor and Merrionette Park 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 2,144 in Merrionette Park). Merrionette Park has the higher median household income ($53,623 vs $39,861 in Dixmoor). Merrionette Park has the higher median home value ($152,600 vs $75,500 in Dixmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Dixmoor	Merrionette Park
Population	2,962	2,144
Median age	27.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,861	$53,623
Median home value	$75,500	$152,600
Median gross rent	$1,227	$1,197
Housing units	1,188	1,026
Homeownership rate	63.9%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixmoor	Merrionette Park
Population	3,604 → 2,962 (-17.8%)	2,050 → 2,144 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$49,668 → $39,861 (-19.7%)	$51,979 → $53,623 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$61,200 → $75,500 (+23.4%)	$127,700 → $152,600 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,227 (+22.2%)	$978 → $1,197 (+22.4%)

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

Merrionette Park

Population

2,0502,144

Median household income

$51,979$53,623

Median home value

$127,700$152,600

Median gross rent

$978$1,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixmoor	Merrionette Park
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.8%	21.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	7.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.3%
75 and over	7.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixmoor	Merrionette Park
White (non-Hispanic)	10.4%	63.9%
Black or African American	37.9%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	27.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixmoor	Merrionette Park
No high school diploma	18.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	43.3%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixmoor	Merrionette Park
Drove alone	79.0%	77.6%
Carpooled	1.1%	4.2%
Public transit	14.3%	5.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.0%
Other means	3.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixmoor	Merrionette Park
1-unit, detached	48.3%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	45.9%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Dixmoor	Merrionette Park
Poverty rate	27.9%	7.9%
Average household size	3.22	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1972	1961