Indian Creek vs Mettawa

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

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

Indian Creek has the higher population (892 vs 665 in Mettawa). Mettawa has the higher median household income ($175,074 vs $152,500 in Indian Creek). Mettawa has the higher median home value ($750,000 vs $443,100 in Indian Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Creek	Mettawa
Population	892	665
Median age	46.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$152,500	$175,074
Median home value	$443,100	$750,000
Median gross rent	$3,029	—
Housing units	261	283
Homeownership rate	87.5%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Creek	Mettawa
Population	627 → 892 (+42.3%)	556 → 665 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$147,500 → $152,500 (+3.4%)	$126,875 → $175,074 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$397,200 → $443,100 (+11.6%)	$869,000 → $750,000 (-13.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,250 → $3,029 (+34.6%)	—

Indian Creek

Population

627892

Median household income

$147,500$152,500

Median home value

$397,200$443,100

Median gross rent

$2,250$3,029

Mettawa

Population

556665

Median household income

$126,875$175,074

Median home value

$869,000$750,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Creek	Mettawa
Under 5	3.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	18.8%	12.9%
75 and over	5.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Creek	Mettawa
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	87.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	39.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Creek	Mettawa
No high school diploma	5.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	6.5%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	44.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Creek	Mettawa
Drove alone	73.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.0%
Public transit	2.9%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.7%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Creek	Mettawa
1-unit, detached	98.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
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

	Indian Creek	Mettawa
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.5%
Average household size	3.42	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	2002	1986