McCook vs Phoenix

A side-by-side comparison of McCook and Phoenix: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phoenix has the higher population (1,284 vs 299 in McCook). McCook has the higher median household income ($74,464 vs $25,703 in Phoenix). McCook has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $86,300 in Phoenix).

Population, income & housing

	McCook	Phoenix
Population	299	1,284
Median age	31.4 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,464	$25,703
Median home value	$319,000	$86,300
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,010
Housing units	119	738
Homeownership rate	68.6%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	23.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCook	Phoenix
Population	279 → 299 (+7.2%)	1,884 → 1,284 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$78,438 → $74,464 (-5.1%)	$36,906 → $25,703 (-30.4%)
Median home value	$280,800 → $319,000 (+13.6%)	$75,100 → $86,300 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,109 → $1,338 (+20.6%)	$907 → $1,010 (+11.4%)

McCook

Population

279299

Median household income

$78,438$74,464

Median home value

$280,800$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,338

Phoenix

Population

1,8841,284

Median household income

$36,906$25,703

Median home value

$75,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McCook	Phoenix
Under 5	9.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	22.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	5.0%	19.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	16.5%
75 and over	7.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCook	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	1.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	75.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	50.2%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McCook	Phoenix
No high school diploma	11.8%	14.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCook	Phoenix
Drove alone	76.4%	72.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	13.1%
Public transit	12.7%	2.5%
Walked	4.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McCook	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	47.9%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	37.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	McCook	Phoenix
Poverty rate	7.0%	23.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1961	1962