Crest Hill vs Homer Glen

A side-by-side comparison of Crest Hill and Homer Glen: population, income, housing, and more.

Crest Hill and Homer Glen are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Homer Glen has the higher population (24,516 vs 19,754 in Crest Hill). Homer Glen has the higher median household income ($128,546 vs $71,408 in Crest Hill). Homer Glen has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $222,600 in Crest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Crest Hill	Homer Glen
Population	19,754	24,516
Median age	39.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,408	$128,546
Median home value	$222,600	$400,000
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,737
Housing units	7,918	8,314
Homeownership rate	68.2%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crest Hill	Homer Glen
Population	20,550 → 19,754 (-3.9%)	24,592 → 24,516 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$56,616 → $71,408 (+26.1%)	$106,818 → $128,546 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $222,600 (+31.6%)	$330,600 → $400,000 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,386 (+22.0%)	$1,567 → $1,737 (+10.8%)

Crest Hill

Population

20,55019,754

Median household income

$56,616$71,408

Median home value

$169,200$222,600

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,386

Homer Glen

Population

24,59224,516

Median household income

$106,818$128,546

Median home value

$330,600$400,000

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crest Hill	Homer Glen
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.1%
75 and over	9.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crest Hill	Homer Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	20.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crest Hill	Homer Glen
No high school diploma	13.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crest Hill	Homer Glen
Drove alone	77.1%	77.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	5.9%
Public transit	1.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.4%	13.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crest Hill	Homer Glen
1-unit, detached	47.0%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	23.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Crest Hill	Homer Glen
Poverty rate	10.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.25	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1992	1988