Ford Heights vs Hodgkins

A side-by-side comparison of Ford Heights and Hodgkins: population, income, housing, and more.

Ford Heights and Hodgkins are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hodgkins has the higher population (1,766 vs 1,587 in Ford Heights). Hodgkins has the higher median household income ($63,056 vs $34,323 in Ford Heights). Ford Heights has the higher median home value ($48,000 vs $39,200 in Hodgkins).

Population, income & housing

	Ford Heights	Hodgkins
Population	1,587	1,766
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,323	$63,056
Median home value	$48,000	$39,200
Median gross rent	$924	$1,000
Housing units	888	702
Homeownership rate	43.9%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford Heights	Hodgkins
Population	2,736 → 1,587 (-42.0%)	1,746 → 1,766 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $34,323 (+0.5%)	$44,722 → $63,056 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$46,700 → $48,000 (+2.8%)	$34,800 → $39,200 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $924 (+32.2%)	$941 → $1,000 (+6.3%)

Ford Heights

Population

2,7361,587

Median household income

$34,167$34,323

Median home value

$46,700$48,000

Median gross rent

$699$924

Hodgkins

Population

1,7461,766

Median household income

$44,722$63,056

Median home value

$34,800$39,200

Median gross rent

$941$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford Heights	Hodgkins
Under 5	3.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.7%
75 and over	11.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford Heights	Hodgkins
White (non-Hispanic)	1.6%	40.1%
Black or African American	98.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	52.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford Heights	Hodgkins
No high school diploma	12.5%	26.6%
High school graduate	54.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford Heights	Hodgkins
Drove alone	66.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	21.7%	6.5%
Public transit	11.8%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford Heights	Hodgkins
1-unit, detached	73.5%	19.4%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	74.5%

Poverty & households

	Ford Heights	Hodgkins
Poverty rate	40.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1965	1994