Hometown vs Indian Head Park

A side-by-side comparison of Hometown and Indian Head Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hometown has the higher population (4,244 vs 3,992 in Indian Head Park). Indian Head Park has the higher median household income ($107,019 vs $59,265 in Hometown). Indian Head Park has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $152,000 in Hometown).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Indian Head Park
Population	4,244	3,992
Median age	40.9 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,265	$107,019
Median home value	$152,000	$337,700
Median gross rent	$812	$1,731
Housing units	1,916	1,838
Homeownership rate	72.7%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Indian Head Park
Population	4,272 → 4,244 (-0.7%)	3,776 → 3,992 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$50,548 → $59,265 (+17.2%)	$85,910 → $107,019 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $152,000 (+29.8%)	$246,200 → $337,700 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$451 → $812 (+80.0%)	$986 → $1,731 (+75.6%)

Hometown

Population

4,2724,244

Median household income

$50,548$59,265

Median home value

$117,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$451$812

Indian Head Park

Population

3,7763,992

Median household income

$85,910$107,019

Median home value

$246,200$337,700

Median gross rent

$986$1,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hometown	Indian Head Park
Under 5	3.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	15.7%
75 and over	5.6%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Indian Head Park
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Indian Head Park
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Indian Head Park
Drove alone	76.0%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.7%
Public transit	8.6%	6.4%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	21.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Indian Head Park
1-unit, detached	11.8%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	65.4%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Indian Head Park
Poverty rate	8.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1955	1978