Harvey vs South Holland

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

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

South Holland has the higher population (21,016 vs 19,831 in Harvey). South Holland has the higher median household income ($87,378 vs $41,091 in Harvey). South Holland has the higher median home value ($201,200 vs $86,100 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey	South Holland
Population	19,831	21,016
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,091	$87,378
Median home value	$86,100	$201,200
Median gross rent	$968	$1,914
Housing units	9,381	7,892
Homeownership rate	55.3%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey	South Holland
Population	24,386 → 19,831 (-18.7%)	21,677 → 21,016 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$30,306 → $41,091 (+35.6%)	$63,170 → $87,378 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $86,100 (+16.8%)	$150,600 → $201,200 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$946 → $968 (+2.3%)	$1,500 → $1,914 (+27.6%)

Harvey

Population

24,38619,831

Median household income

$30,306$41,091

Median home value

$73,700$86,100

Median gross rent

$946$968

South Holland

Population

21,67721,016

Median household income

$63,170$87,378

Median home value

$150,600$201,200

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvey	South Holland
Under 5	3.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.5%
75 and over	7.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey	South Holland
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	10.7%
Black or African American	57.1%	75.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey	South Holland
No high school diploma	23.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey	South Holland
Drove alone	66.4%	69.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	10.7%
Public transit	9.4%	6.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.0%
Other means	5.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey	South Holland
1-unit, detached	63.7%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Harvey	South Holland
Poverty rate	25.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1960	1967