Mettawa vs Old Mill Creek

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

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

Mettawa has the higher population (665 vs 131 in Old Mill Creek). Mettawa has the higher median household income ($175,074 vs $71,875 in Old Mill Creek). Mettawa has the higher median home value ($750,000 vs $525,000 in Old Mill Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Mettawa	Old Mill Creek
Population	665	131
Median age	43.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$175,074	$71,875
Median home value	$750,000	$525,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,596
Housing units	283	77
Homeownership rate	94.5%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mettawa	Old Mill Creek
Population	556 → 665 (+19.6%)	194 → 131 (-32.5%)
Median household income	$126,875 → $175,074 (+38.0%)	$97,870 → $71,875 (-26.6%)
Median home value	$869,000 → $750,000 (-13.7%)	$541,700 → $525,000 (-3.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,214 → $1,596 (+31.5%)

Mettawa

Population

556665

Median household income

$126,875$175,074

Median home value

$869,000$750,000

Old Mill Creek

Population

194131

Median household income

$97,870$71,875

Median home value

$541,700$525,000

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mettawa	Old Mill Creek
Under 5	9.2%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	5.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	21.4%
75 and over	6.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mettawa	Old Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mettawa	Old Mill Creek
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	12.5%	5.2%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	44.0%	44.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mettawa	Old Mill Creek
Drove alone	69.2%	60.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.4%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	19.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mettawa	Old Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
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

	Mettawa	Old Mill Creek
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1986	1946