Gardner vs Minooka

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

Gardner 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 1,319 in Gardner). Minooka has the higher median household income ($122,163 vs $82,125 in Gardner). Minooka has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $183,300 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Minooka
Population	1,319	12,632
Median age	38.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,125	$122,163
Median home value	$183,300	$288,600
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,780
Housing units	524	4,109
Homeownership rate	77.1%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Minooka
Population	1,334 → 1,319 (-1.1%)	11,094 → 12,632 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $82,125 (+20.2%)	$92,902 → $122,163 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $183,300 (+32.8%)	$212,500 → $288,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,024 (+8.5%)	$1,233 → $1,780 (+44.4%)

Gardner

Population

1,3341,319

Median household income

$68,333$82,125

Median home value

$138,000$183,300

Median gross rent

$944$1,024

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)

	Gardner	Minooka
Under 5	5.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.2%
75 and over	7.1%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Minooka
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Minooka
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	45.4%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Minooka
Drove alone	95.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	11.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Minooka
1-unit, detached	79.4%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Minooka
Poverty rate	15.2%	2.1%
Average household size	2.82	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1967	2003