Hometown vs Stone Park

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

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

Stone Park has the higher population (4,504 vs 4,244 in Hometown). Stone Park has the higher median household income ($75,165 vs $59,265 in Hometown). Stone Park has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $152,000 in Hometown).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Stone Park
Population	4,244	4,504
Median age	40.9 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,265	$75,165
Median home value	$152,000	$218,300
Median gross rent	$812	$1,222
Housing units	1,916	1,364
Homeownership rate	72.7%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Stone Park
Population	4,272 → 4,244 (-0.7%)	4,894 → 4,504 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$50,548 → $59,265 (+17.2%)	$59,778 → $75,165 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $152,000 (+29.8%)	$118,500 → $218,300 (+84.2%)
Median gross rent	$451 → $812 (+80.0%)	$1,099 → $1,222 (+11.2%)

Hometown

Population

4,2724,244

Median household income

$50,548$59,265

Median home value

$117,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$451$812

Stone Park

Population

4,8944,504

Median household income

$59,778$75,165

Median home value

$118,500$218,300

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hometown	Stone Park
Under 5	3.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	14.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	3.4%
75 and over	5.6%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Stone Park
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	4.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	92.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Stone Park
No high school diploma	8.1%	41.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Stone Park
Drove alone	76.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.9%
Public transit	8.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Stone Park
1-unit, detached	11.8%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	65.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Stone Park
Poverty rate	8.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.21	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1955	1963