Mazon vs Minooka

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

Mazon 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 1,424 in Mazon). Minooka has the higher median household income ($122,163 vs $76,458 in Mazon). Minooka has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $203,100 in Mazon).

Population, income & housing

	Mazon	Minooka
Population	1,424	12,632
Median age	32.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,458	$122,163
Median home value	$203,100	$288,600
Median gross rent	$940	$1,780
Housing units	518	4,109
Homeownership rate	78.5%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mazon	Minooka
Population	1,145 → 1,424 (+24.4%)	11,094 → 12,632 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$57,461 → $76,458 (+33.1%)	$92,902 → $122,163 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $203,100 (+34.4%)	$212,500 → $288,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $940 (-3.0%)	$1,233 → $1,780 (+44.4%)

Mazon

Population

1,1451,424

Median household income

$57,461$76,458

Median home value

$151,100$203,100

Median gross rent

$969$940

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)

	Mazon	Minooka
Under 5	7.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	23.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.2%
75 and over	6.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mazon	Minooka
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mazon	Minooka
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mazon	Minooka
Drove alone	92.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mazon	Minooka
1-unit, detached	80.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mazon	Minooka
Poverty rate	8.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.87	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1975	2003