Homewood vs Matteson

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

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

Homewood has the higher population (19,471 vs 18,681 in Matteson). Matteson has the higher median household income ($98,617 vs $96,522 in Homewood). Matteson has the higher median home value ($251,400 vs $210,500 in Homewood).

Population, income & housing

	Homewood	Matteson
Population	19,471	18,681
Median age	39.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,522	$98,617
Median home value	$210,500	$251,400
Median gross rent	$1,422	$1,390
Housing units	7,394	7,737
Homeownership rate	79.4%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homewood	Matteson
Population	19,112 → 19,471 (+1.9%)	19,385 → 18,681 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$74,450 → $96,522 (+29.6%)	$83,729 → $98,617 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$163,100 → $210,500 (+29.1%)	$165,100 → $251,400 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,422 (+23.0%)	$1,227 → $1,390 (+13.3%)

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

Matteson

Population

19,38518,681

Median household income

$83,729$98,617

Median home value

$165,100$251,400

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homewood	Matteson
Under 5	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.9%
75 and over	6.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homewood	Matteson
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	14.4%
Black or African American	44.5%	78.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homewood	Matteson
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	19.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homewood	Matteson
Drove alone	62.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.1%
Public transit	11.3%	4.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	19.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homewood	Matteson
1-unit, detached	78.7%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Homewood	Matteson
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1962	1996