Harvey vs Homewood

A side-by-side comparison of Harvey and Homewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harvey has the higher population (19,831 vs 19,471 in Homewood). Homewood has the higher median household income ($96,522 vs $41,091 in Harvey). Homewood has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $86,100 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey	Homewood
Population	19,831	19,471
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,091	$96,522
Median home value	$86,100	$210,500
Median gross rent	$968	$1,422
Housing units	9,381	7,394
Homeownership rate	55.3%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey	Homewood
Population	24,386 → 19,831 (-18.7%)	19,112 → 19,471 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$30,306 → $41,091 (+35.6%)	$74,450 → $96,522 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $86,100 (+16.8%)	$163,100 → $210,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$946 → $968 (+2.3%)	$1,156 → $1,422 (+23.0%)

Harvey

Population

24,38619,831

Median household income

$30,306$41,091

Median home value

$73,700$86,100

Median gross rent

$946$968

Homewood

Population

19,11219,471

Median household income

$74,450$96,522

Median home value

$163,100$210,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,422

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvey	Homewood
Under 5	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.5%
75 and over	7.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey	Homewood
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	42.0%
Black or African American	57.1%	44.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey	Homewood
No high school diploma	23.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey	Homewood
Drove alone	66.4%	62.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	10.1%
Public transit	9.4%	11.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	13.0%
Other means	5.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey	Homewood
1-unit, detached	63.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.2%
20 or more units	9.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Harvey	Homewood
Poverty rate	25.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1960	1962