Beecher vs Braidwood

A side-by-side comparison of Beecher and Braidwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Braidwood has the higher population (6,175 vs 4,837 in Beecher). Beecher has the higher median household income ($101,957 vs $83,365 in Braidwood). Beecher has the higher median home value ($241,400 vs $205,900 in Braidwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Braidwood
Population	4,837	6,175
Median age	39.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,957	$83,365
Median home value	$241,400	$205,900
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,089
Housing units	2,016	2,949
Homeownership rate	82.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Braidwood
Population	4,527 → 4,837 (+6.8%)	6,377 → 6,175 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$82,222 → $101,957 (+24.0%)	$63,074 → $83,365 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$181,200 → $241,400 (+33.2%)	$162,400 → $205,900 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,065 (+19.9%)	$979 → $1,089 (+11.2%)

Beecher

Population

4,5274,837

Median household income

$82,222$101,957

Median home value

$181,200$241,400

Median gross rent

$888$1,065

Braidwood

Population

6,3776,175

Median household income

$63,074$83,365

Median home value

$162,400$205,900

Median gross rent

$979$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Braidwood
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.9%
75 and over	7.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Braidwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Braidwood
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Braidwood
Drove alone	77.4%	90.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Braidwood
1-unit, detached	73.7%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Braidwood
Poverty rate	2.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1994	1994