Dolton vs Homewood

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

Dolton and Homewood 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 19,471 in Homewood). Homewood has the higher median household income ($96,522 vs $58,706 in Dolton). Homewood has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $140,500 in Dolton).

Population, income & housing

	Dolton	Homewood
Population	20,979	19,471
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,706	$96,522
Median home value	$140,500	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,399	$1,422
Housing units	9,035	7,394
Homeownership rate	72.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dolton	Homewood
Population	22,737 → 20,979 (-7.7%)	19,112 → 19,471 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$46,614 → $58,706 (+25.9%)	$74,450 → $96,522 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $140,500 (+36.9%)	$163,100 → $210,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,399 (+8.7%)	$1,156 → $1,422 (+23.0%)

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

Homewood

Population

19,11219,471

Median household income

$74,450$96,522

Median home value

$163,100$210,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,422

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dolton	Homewood
Under 5	6.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.5%
75 and over	6.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dolton	Homewood
White (non-Hispanic)	4.4%	42.0%
Black or African American	90.9%	44.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dolton	Homewood
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	31.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dolton	Homewood
Drove alone	68.9%	62.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.1%
Public transit	7.8%	11.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	13.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dolton	Homewood
1-unit, detached	79.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dolton	Homewood
Poverty rate	20.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1965	1962