Hodgkins vs Thornton

A side-by-side comparison of Hodgkins and Thornton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thornton has the higher population (1,876 vs 1,766 in Hodgkins). Hodgkins has the higher median household income ($63,056 vs $61,111 in Thornton). Thornton has the higher median home value ($146,600 vs $39,200 in Hodgkins).

Population, income & housing

	Hodgkins	Thornton
Population	1,766	1,876
Median age	38.0 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,056	$61,111
Median home value	$39,200	$146,600
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,099
Housing units	702	849
Homeownership rate	88.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hodgkins	Thornton
Population	1,746 → 1,766 (+1.1%)	2,545 → 1,876 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$44,722 → $63,056 (+41.0%)	$65,081 → $61,111 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$34,800 → $39,200 (+12.6%)	$106,100 → $146,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,000 (+6.3%)	$964 → $1,099 (+14.0%)

Hodgkins

Population

1,7461,766

Median household income

$44,722$63,056

Median home value

$34,800$39,200

Median gross rent

$941$1,000

Thornton

Population

2,5451,876

Median household income

$65,081$61,111

Median home value

$106,100$146,600

Median gross rent

$964$1,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hodgkins	Thornton
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.6%
75 and over	11.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hodgkins	Thornton
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	43.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hodgkins	Thornton
No high school diploma	26.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	35.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hodgkins	Thornton
Drove alone	78.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	15.2%
Public transit	1.4%	2.9%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hodgkins	Thornton
1-unit, detached	19.4%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	74.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hodgkins	Thornton
Poverty rate	11.8%	15.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1994	1957