Golf vs Phoenix

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

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

Phoenix has the higher population (1,284 vs 548 in Golf). Golf has the higher median household income ($238,098 vs $25,703 in Phoenix). Golf has the higher median home value ($957,600 vs $86,300 in Phoenix).

Population, income & housing

	Golf	Phoenix
Population	548	1,284
Median age	50.0 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$238,098	$25,703
Median home value	$957,600	$86,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,010
Housing units	205	738
Homeownership rate	98.0%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	23.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golf	Phoenix
Population	481 → 548 (+13.9%)	1,884 → 1,284 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$237,750 → $238,098 (+0.1%)	$36,906 → $25,703 (-30.4%)
Median home value	$870,000 → $957,600 (+10.1%)	$75,100 → $86,300 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$907 → $1,010 (+11.4%)

Golf

Population

481548

Median household income

$237,750$238,098

Median home value

$870,000$957,600

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)

	Golf	Phoenix
Under 5	3.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	23.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	16.5%
75 and over	10.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golf	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	1.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	75.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golf	Phoenix
No high school diploma	2.0%	14.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	35.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golf	Phoenix
Drove alone	44.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	13.1%
Public transit	19.6%	2.5%
Walked	1.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golf	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Golf	Phoenix
Poverty rate	4.0%	23.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1965	1962