Hopkins Park vs Sun River Terrace

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

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

Sun River Terrace has the higher population (637 vs 587 in Hopkins Park). Sun River Terrace has the higher median household income ($43,393 vs $34,792 in Hopkins Park). Sun River Terrace has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $95,000 in Hopkins Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hopkins Park	Sun River Terrace
Population	587	637
Median age	44.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,792	$43,393
Median home value	$95,000	$107,100
Median gross rent	$680	$1,058
Housing units	400	224
Homeownership rate	60.4%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopkins Park	Sun River Terrace
Population	536 → 587 (+9.5%)	445 → 637 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$24,000 → $34,792 (+45.0%)	$36,250 → $43,393 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $95,000 (+83.8%)	$75,700 → $107,100 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $680 (-13.2%)	$1,068 → $1,058 (-0.9%)

Hopkins Park

Population

536587

Median household income

$24,000$34,792

Median home value

$51,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$783$680

Sun River Terrace

Population

445637

Median household income

$36,250$43,393

Median home value

$75,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopkins Park	Sun River Terrace
Under 5	6.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	34.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	16.9%	6.6%
75 and over	2.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopkins Park	Sun River Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	4.4%	7.2%
Black or African American	69.3%	84.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopkins Park	Sun River Terrace
No high school diploma	21.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	19.0%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopkins Park	Sun River Terrace
Drove alone	61.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	14.6%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopkins Park	Sun River Terrace
1-unit, detached	61.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	13.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopkins Park	Sun River Terrace
Poverty rate	22.8%	36.5%
Average household size	2.22	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1975	1972