Atwood vs Hammond

A side-by-side comparison of Atwood and Hammond: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atwood has the higher population (976 vs 602 in Hammond). Hammond has the higher median household income ($73,571 vs $58,875 in Atwood). Atwood has the higher median home value ($119,500 vs $104,700 in Hammond).

Population, income & housing

	Atwood	Hammond
Population	976	602
Median age	38.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,875	$73,571
Median home value	$119,500	$104,700
Median gross rent	$743	$608
Housing units	501	297
Homeownership rate	83.8%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwood	Hammond
Population	946 → 976 (+3.2%)	482 → 602 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$41,741 → $58,875 (+41.0%)	$42,206 → $73,571 (+74.3%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $119,500 (+39.3%)	$80,700 → $104,700 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $743 (+26.6%)	$625 → $608 (-2.7%)

Atwood

Population

946976

Median household income

$41,741$58,875

Median home value

$85,800$119,500

Median gross rent

$587$743

Hammond

Population

482602

Median household income

$42,206$73,571

Median home value

$80,700$104,700

Median gross rent

$625$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwood	Hammond
Under 5	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	19.3%
35 to 44	18.9%	3.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.6%
75 and over	10.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwood	Hammond
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwood	Hammond
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	49.9%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwood	Hammond
Drove alone	79.8%	87.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwood	Hammond
1-unit, detached	90.6%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atwood	Hammond
Poverty rate	7.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	38
Median year structure built	1963	1962