Aroma Park vs Grant Park

A side-by-side comparison of Aroma Park and Grant Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grant Park has the higher population (1,547 vs 702 in Aroma Park). Grant Park has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $72,250 in Aroma Park). Grant Park has the higher median home value ($205,500 vs $150,400 in Aroma Park).

Population, income & housing

	Aroma Park	Grant Park
Population	702	1,547
Median age	45.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,250	$72,500
Median home value	$150,400	$205,500
Median gross rent	$861	$1,149
Housing units	285	472
Homeownership rate	83.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aroma Park	Grant Park
Population	740 → 702 (-5.1%)	1,411 → 1,547 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $72,250 (+43.1%)	$60,000 → $72,500 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $150,400 (+36.4%)	$156,500 → $205,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $861 (+0.0%)	$841 → $1,149 (+36.6%)

Aroma Park

Population

740702

Median household income

$50,500$72,250

Median home value

$110,300$150,400

Median gross rent

$861$861

Grant Park

Population

1,4111,547

Median household income

$60,000$72,500

Median home value

$156,500$205,500

Median gross rent

$841$1,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aroma Park	Grant Park
Under 5	4.6%	12.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	29.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	2.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	6.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.1%
75 and over	8.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aroma Park	Grant Park
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aroma Park	Grant Park
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aroma Park	Grant Park
Drove alone	82.4%	88.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	5.1%
Other means	3.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aroma Park	Grant Park
1-unit, detached	95.1%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aroma Park	Grant Park
Poverty rate	16.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.64	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1954	1972