Buckingham vs Hopkins Park

A side-by-side comparison of Buckingham and Hopkins Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hopkins Park has the higher population (587 vs 287 in Buckingham). Buckingham has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $34,792 in Hopkins Park). Buckingham has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $95,000 in Hopkins Park).

Population, income & housing

	Buckingham	Hopkins Park
Population	287	587
Median age	42.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$34,792
Median home value	$116,200	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$680
Housing units	93	400
Homeownership rate	95.6%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckingham	Hopkins Park
Population	282 → 287 (+1.8%)	536 → 587 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$75,417 → $76,250 (+1.1%)	$24,000 → $34,792 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $116,200 (+3.3%)	$51,700 → $95,000 (+83.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $825 (+13.8%)	$783 → $680 (-13.2%)

Buckingham

Population

282287

Median household income

$75,417$76,250

Median home value

$112,500$116,200

Median gross rent

$725$825

Hopkins Park

Population

536587

Median household income

$24,000$34,792

Median home value

$51,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$783$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckingham	Hopkins Park
Under 5	4.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	16.9%
75 and over	4.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckingham	Hopkins Park
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	4.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	69.3%
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%	4.1%
Two or more races	19.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckingham	Hopkins Park
No high school diploma	13.3%	21.9%
High school graduate	40.9%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckingham	Hopkins Park
Drove alone	76.2%	61.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	22.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckingham	Hopkins Park
1-unit, detached	98.9%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Buckingham	Hopkins Park
Poverty rate	3.5%	22.8%
Average household size	3.19	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1971	1975