Ford Heights vs Phoenix

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

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

Ford Heights has the higher population (1,587 vs 1,284 in Phoenix). Ford Heights has the higher median household income ($34,323 vs $25,703 in Phoenix). Phoenix has the higher median home value ($86,300 vs $48,000 in Ford Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ford Heights	Phoenix
Population	1,587	1,284
Median age	41.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,323	$25,703
Median home value	$48,000	$86,300
Median gross rent	$924	$1,010
Housing units	888	738
Homeownership rate	43.9%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	23.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford Heights	Phoenix
Population	2,736 → 1,587 (-42.0%)	1,884 → 1,284 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $34,323 (+0.5%)	$36,906 → $25,703 (-30.4%)
Median home value	$46,700 → $48,000 (+2.8%)	$75,100 → $86,300 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $924 (+32.2%)	$907 → $1,010 (+11.4%)

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

Phoenix

Population

1,8841,284

Median household income

$36,906$25,703

Median home value

$75,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford Heights	Phoenix
Under 5	3.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	18.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	16.5%
75 and over	11.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford Heights	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	1.6%	1.3%
Black or African American	98.4%	75.9%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford Heights	Phoenix
No high school diploma	12.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	54.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford Heights	Phoenix
Drove alone	66.5%	72.1%
Carpooled	21.7%	13.1%
Public transit	11.8%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford Heights	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	73.5%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ford Heights	Phoenix
Poverty rate	40.8%	23.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1965	1962