Merrionette Park vs Thornton

A side-by-side comparison of Merrionette Park and Thornton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Merrionette Park has the higher population (2,144 vs 1,876 in Thornton). Thornton has the higher median household income ($61,111 vs $53,623 in Merrionette Park). Merrionette Park has the higher median home value ($152,600 vs $146,600 in Thornton).

Population, income & housing

	Merrionette Park	Thornton
Population	2,144	1,876
Median age	38.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,623	$61,111
Median home value	$152,600	$146,600
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,099
Housing units	1,026	849
Homeownership rate	78.7%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrionette Park	Thornton
Population	2,050 → 2,144 (+4.6%)	2,545 → 1,876 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$51,979 → $53,623 (+3.2%)	$65,081 → $61,111 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $152,600 (+19.5%)	$106,100 → $146,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,197 (+22.4%)	$964 → $1,099 (+14.0%)

Merrionette Park

Population

2,0502,144

Median household income

$51,979$53,623

Median home value

$127,700$152,600

Median gross rent

$978$1,197

Thornton

Population

2,5451,876

Median household income

$65,081$61,111

Median home value

$106,100$146,600

Median gross rent

$964$1,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrionette Park	Thornton
Under 5	5.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	21.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.6%
75 and over	3.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrionette Park	Thornton
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	43.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrionette Park	Thornton
No high school diploma	11.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrionette Park	Thornton
Drove alone	77.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	15.2%
Public transit	5.5%	2.9%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.2%
Other means	5.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrionette Park	Thornton
1-unit, detached	64.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrionette Park	Thornton
Poverty rate	7.9%	15.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1961	1957