Essex vs Hopkins Park

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

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

Essex has the higher population (956 vs 587 in Hopkins Park). Essex has the higher median household income ($101,094 vs $34,792 in Hopkins Park). Essex has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $95,000 in Hopkins Park).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Hopkins Park
Population	956	587
Median age	31.6 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,094	$34,792
Median home value	$219,000	$95,000
Median gross rent	$1,147	$680
Housing units	351	400
Homeownership rate	90.7%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Hopkins Park
Population	907 → 956 (+5.4%)	536 → 587 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $101,094 (+26.4%)	$24,000 → $34,792 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $219,000 (+14.4%)	$51,700 → $95,000 (+83.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,147 (+0.5%)	$783 → $680 (-13.2%)

Essex

Population

907956

Median household income

$80,000$101,094

Median home value

$191,400$219,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,147

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)

	Essex	Hopkins Park
Under 5	10.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	26.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	16.9%
75 and over	3.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Hopkins Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	4.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	69.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Hopkins Park
No high school diploma	4.6%	21.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Hopkins Park
Drove alone	73.4%	61.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	22.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Hopkins Park
1-unit, detached	92.0%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	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	7.4%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Hopkins Park
Poverty rate	4.8%	22.8%
Average household size	2.98	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1987	1975