Franklin Park vs Matteson

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

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

Matteson has the higher population (18,681 vs 18,233 in Franklin Park). Matteson has the higher median household income ($98,617 vs $76,009 in Franklin Park). Franklin Park has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $251,400 in Matteson).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	Matteson
Population	18,233	18,681
Median age	37.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,009	$98,617
Median home value	$261,700	$251,400
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,390
Housing units	6,182	7,737
Homeownership rate	75.1%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	Matteson
Population	17,956 → 18,233 (+1.5%)	19,385 → 18,681 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$63,971 → $76,009 (+18.8%)	$83,729 → $98,617 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $261,700 (+28.4%)	$165,100 → $251,400 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,103 (+25.2%)	$1,227 → $1,390 (+13.3%)

Franklin Park

Population

17,95618,233

Median household income

$63,971$76,009

Median home value

$203,800$261,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,103

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)

	Franklin Park	Matteson
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.9%
75 and over	3.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	Matteson
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	14.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	78.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	Matteson
No high school diploma	22.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.8%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	Matteson
Drove alone	77.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.1%
Public transit	2.6%	4.2%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	19.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	Matteson
1-unit, detached	74.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	Matteson
Poverty rate	13.6%	9.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1956	1996