Hamel vs Worden

A side-by-side comparison of Hamel and Worden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamel has the higher population (1,004 vs 983 in Worden). Hamel has the higher median household income ($105,313 vs $79,732 in Worden). Hamel has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $136,200 in Worden).

Population, income & housing

	Hamel	Worden
Population	1,004	983
Median age	34.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,313	$79,732
Median home value	$231,900	$136,200
Median gross rent	$940	$813
Housing units	382	489
Homeownership rate	79.3%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamel	Worden
Population	761 → 1,004 (+31.9%)	970 → 983 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$70,338 → $105,313 (+49.7%)	$58,750 → $79,732 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $231,900 (+27.3%)	$106,700 → $136,200 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $940 (+2.7%)	$815 → $813 (-0.2%)

Hamel

Population

7611,004

Median household income

$70,338$105,313

Median home value

$182,100$231,900

Median gross rent

$915$940

Worden

Population

970983

Median household income

$58,750$79,732

Median home value

$106,700$136,200

Median gross rent

$815$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamel	Worden
Under 5	9.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	18.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	19.5%
55 to 64	6.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.7%
75 and over	7.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamel	Worden
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	97.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamel	Worden
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	25.8%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamel	Worden
Drove alone	74.5%	86.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	16.7%	3.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamel	Worden
1-unit, detached	82.2%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Hamel	Worden
Poverty rate	4.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1979	1963