Bannockburn vs Mettawa

A side-by-side comparison of Bannockburn and Mettawa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bannockburn has the higher population (1,125 vs 665 in Mettawa). Bannockburn has the higher median household income ($195,625 vs $175,074 in Mettawa). Bannockburn has the higher median home value ($1,110,800 vs $750,000 in Mettawa).

Population, income & housing

	Bannockburn	Mettawa
Population	1,125	665
Median age	31.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$195,625	$175,074
Median home value	$1,110,800	$750,000
Housing units	257	283
Homeownership rate	88.3%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.7%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bannockburn	Mettawa
Population	1,244 → 1,125 (-9.6%)	556 → 665 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$117,917 → $195,625 (+65.9%)	$126,875 → $175,074 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$971,200 → $1,110,800 (+14.4%)	$869,000 → $750,000 (-13.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,388 (+30.3%)	—

Bannockburn

Population

1,2441,125

Median household income

$117,917$195,625

Median home value

$971,200$1,110,800

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,388

Mettawa

Population

556665

Median household income

$126,875$175,074

Median home value

$869,000$750,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bannockburn	Mettawa
Under 5	7.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	26.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	5.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	5.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.9%
75 and over	9.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bannockburn	Mettawa
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	87.8%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bannockburn	Mettawa
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	2.6%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	42.8%	44.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.9%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bannockburn	Mettawa
Drove alone	48.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	1.1%	3.0%
Public transit	2.2%	3.4%
Walked	24.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.5%	21.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bannockburn	Mettawa
1-unit, detached	91.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bannockburn	Mettawa
Poverty rate	3.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1975	1986