Deer Creek vs Hopedale

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Creek and Hopedale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hopedale has the higher population (742 vs 566 in Deer Creek). Deer Creek has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $53,958 in Hopedale). Deer Creek has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $135,600 in Hopedale).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Hopedale
Population	566	742
Median age	38.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,813	$53,958
Median home value	$141,400	$135,600
Median gross rent	$1,108	$881
Housing units	267	326
Homeownership rate	80.4%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Hopedale
Population	601 → 566 (-5.8%)	887 → 742 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $87,813 (+50.7%)	$60,714 → $53,958 (-11.1%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $141,400 (+8.7%)	$110,800 → $135,600 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,108 (+22.6%)	$850 → $881 (+3.6%)

Deer Creek

Population

601566

Median household income

$58,281$87,813

Median home value

$130,100$141,400

Median gross rent

$904$1,108

Hopedale

Population

887742

Median household income

$60,714$53,958

Median home value

$110,800$135,600

Median gross rent

$850$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	Hopedale
Under 5	5.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	12.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.0%
75 and over	7.2%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Hopedale
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Hopedale
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Hopedale
Drove alone	81.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.7%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Hopedale
1-unit, detached	88.0%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Hopedale
Poverty rate	8.1%	24.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1959	1962