Matteson vs Palos Hills

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

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

Matteson has the higher population (18,681 vs 18,139 in Palos Hills). Matteson has the higher median household income ($98,617 vs $83,969 in Palos Hills). Palos Hills has the higher median home value ($259,200 vs $251,400 in Matteson).

Population, income & housing

	Matteson	Palos Hills
Population	18,681	18,139
Median age	44.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,617	$83,969
Median home value	$251,400	$259,200
Median gross rent	$1,390	$1,267
Housing units	7,737	7,885
Homeownership rate	77.0%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matteson	Palos Hills
Population	19,385 → 18,681 (-3.6%)	17,318 → 18,139 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$83,729 → $98,617 (+17.8%)	$61,143 → $83,969 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $251,400 (+52.3%)	$203,800 → $259,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,390 (+13.3%)	$1,035 → $1,267 (+22.4%)

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

Palos Hills

Population

17,31818,139

Median household income

$61,143$83,969

Median home value

$203,800$259,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matteson	Palos Hills
Under 5	6.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.5%
75 and over	6.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matteson	Palos Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	14.4%	81.3%
Black or African American	78.4%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matteson	Palos Hills
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matteson	Palos Hills
Drove alone	70.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.8%
Public transit	4.2%	3.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	11.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matteson	Palos Hills
1-unit, detached	67.5%	42.4%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	31.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Matteson	Palos Hills
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1996	1977