Dolton vs Evergreen Park

A side-by-side comparison of Dolton and Evergreen Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dolton has the higher population (20,979 vs 19,498 in Evergreen Park). Evergreen Park has the higher median household income ($95,738 vs $58,706 in Dolton). Evergreen Park has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $140,500 in Dolton).

Population, income & housing

	Dolton	Evergreen Park
Population	20,979	19,498
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,706	$95,738
Median home value	$140,500	$255,700
Median gross rent	$1,399	$1,425
Housing units	9,035	7,707
Homeownership rate	72.0%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dolton	Evergreen Park
Population	22,737 → 20,979 (-7.7%)	19,479 → 19,498 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$46,614 → $58,706 (+25.9%)	$75,657 → $95,738 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $140,500 (+36.9%)	$193,300 → $255,700 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,399 (+8.7%)	$1,182 → $1,425 (+20.6%)

Dolton

Population

22,73720,979

Median household income

$46,614$58,706

Median home value

$102,600$140,500

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,399

Evergreen Park

Population

19,47919,498

Median household income

$75,657$95,738

Median home value

$193,300$255,700

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dolton	Evergreen Park
Under 5	6.3%	10.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	6.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dolton	Evergreen Park
White (non-Hispanic)	4.4%	53.2%
Black or African American	90.9%	22.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dolton	Evergreen Park
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dolton	Evergreen Park
Drove alone	68.9%	69.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.1%
Public transit	7.8%	5.9%
Walked	2.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	14.3%
Other means	2.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dolton	Evergreen Park
1-unit, detached	79.7%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dolton	Evergreen Park
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1965	1955