Markham vs Schiller Park

A side-by-side comparison of Markham and Schiller Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schiller Park has the higher population (11,454 vs 11,434 in Markham). Schiller Park has the higher median household income ($67,473 vs $52,364 in Markham). Schiller Park has the higher median home value ($276,200 vs $119,500 in Markham).

Population, income & housing

	Markham	Schiller Park
Population	11,434	11,454
Median age	33.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,364	$67,473
Median home value	$119,500	$276,200
Median gross rent	$1,689	$1,214
Housing units	4,257	4,423
Homeownership rate	72.0%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Markham	Schiller Park
Population	12,493 → 11,434 (-8.5%)	11,621 → 11,454 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$43,011 → $52,364 (+21.7%)	$54,099 → $67,473 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $119,500 (+32.8%)	$203,200 → $276,200 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,689 (+33.9%)	$1,031 → $1,214 (+17.7%)

Markham

Population

12,49311,434

Median household income

$43,011$52,364

Median home value

$90,000$119,500

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,689

Schiller Park

Population

11,62111,454

Median household income

$54,099$67,473

Median home value

$203,200$276,200

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Markham	Schiller Park
Under 5	7.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.3%
75 and over	6.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Markham	Schiller Park
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	63.5%
Black or African American	70.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	30.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Markham	Schiller Park
No high school diploma	13.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Markham	Schiller Park
Drove alone	62.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	7.6%
Public transit	7.7%	2.6%
Walked	0.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	4.7%
Other means	3.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Markham	Schiller Park
1-unit, detached	95.0%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Markham	Schiller Park
Poverty rate	18.9%	6.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1963	1963