Evergreen Park vs Matteson

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

Evergreen Park and Matteson 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 18,681 in Matteson). Matteson has the higher median household income ($98,617 vs $95,738 in Evergreen Park). Evergreen Park has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $251,400 in Matteson).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen Park	Matteson
Population	19,498	18,681
Median age	38.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,738	$98,617
Median home value	$255,700	$251,400
Median gross rent	$1,425	$1,390
Housing units	7,707	7,737
Homeownership rate	83.4%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen Park	Matteson
Population	19,479 → 19,498 (+0.1%)	19,385 → 18,681 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$75,657 → $95,738 (+26.5%)	$83,729 → $98,617 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$193,300 → $255,700 (+32.3%)	$165,100 → $251,400 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,425 (+20.6%)	$1,227 → $1,390 (+13.3%)

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

Matteson

Population

19,38518,681

Median household income

$83,729$98,617

Median home value

$165,100$251,400

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evergreen Park	Matteson
Under 5	10.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.9%
75 and over	3.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen Park	Matteson
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	14.4%
Black or African American	22.2%	78.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen Park	Matteson
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	20.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen Park	Matteson
Drove alone	69.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.1%
Public transit	5.9%	4.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	19.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen Park	Matteson
1-unit, detached	85.8%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen Park	Matteson
Poverty rate	5.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1955	1996