Evergreen Park vs Homewood

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

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

Evergreen Park has the higher population (19,498 vs 19,471 in Homewood). Homewood has the higher median household income ($96,522 vs $95,738 in Evergreen Park). Evergreen Park has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $210,500 in Homewood).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen Park	Homewood
Population	19,498	19,471
Median age	38.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,738	$96,522
Median home value	$255,700	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,425	$1,422
Housing units	7,707	7,394
Homeownership rate	83.4%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen Park	Homewood
Population	19,479 → 19,498 (+0.1%)	19,112 → 19,471 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$75,657 → $95,738 (+26.5%)	$74,450 → $96,522 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$193,300 → $255,700 (+32.3%)	$163,100 → $210,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,425 (+20.6%)	$1,156 → $1,422 (+23.0%)

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

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)

	Evergreen Park	Homewood
Under 5	10.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.5%
75 and over	3.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen Park	Homewood
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	42.0%
Black or African American	22.2%	44.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen Park	Homewood
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	20.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen Park	Homewood
Drove alone	69.3%	62.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.1%
Public transit	5.9%	11.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	13.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen Park	Homewood
1-unit, detached	85.8%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen Park	Homewood
Poverty rate	5.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1955	1962