Coal City vs Minooka

A side-by-side comparison of Coal City and Minooka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minooka has the higher population (12,632 vs 5,145 in Coal City). Minooka has the higher median household income ($122,163 vs $73,030 in Coal City). Minooka has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $211,600 in Coal City).

Population, income & housing

	Coal City	Minooka
Population	5,145	12,632
Median age	42.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,030	$122,163
Median home value	$211,600	$288,600
Median gross rent	$1,064	$1,780
Housing units	2,026	4,109
Homeownership rate	80.7%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal City	Minooka
Population	5,294 → 5,145 (-2.8%)	11,094 → 12,632 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$74,755 → $73,030 (-2.3%)	$92,902 → $122,163 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$197,100 → $211,600 (+7.4%)	$212,500 → $288,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,064 (+5.8%)	$1,233 → $1,780 (+44.4%)

Coal City

Population

5,2945,145

Median household income

$74,755$73,030

Median home value

$197,100$211,600

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,064

Minooka

Population

11,09412,632

Median household income

$92,902$122,163

Median home value

$212,500$288,600

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal City	Minooka
Under 5	3.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	6.2%
75 and over	4.2%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal City	Minooka
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal City	Minooka
No high school diploma	10.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal City	Minooka
Drove alone	80.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	11.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal City	Minooka
1-unit, detached	68.0%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coal City	Minooka
Poverty rate	4.7%	2.1%
Average household size	2.66	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1984	2003