Custer Park vs Godley

A side-by-side comparison of Custer Park and Godley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Godley has the higher population (538 vs 426 in Custer Park). Custer Park has the higher median household income ($173,274 vs $54,583 in Godley). Custer Park has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $142,000 in Godley).

Population, income & housing

	Custer Park	Godley
Population	426	538
Median age	29.0 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$173,274	$54,583
Median home value	$218,800	$142,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,393
Housing units	87	251
Homeownership rate	31.0%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer Park	Godley
Population	497 → 426 (-14.3%)	631 → 538 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$88,393 → $173,274 (+96.0%)	$48,750 → $54,583 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$207,100 → $218,800 (+5.6%)	$107,100 → $142,000 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$914 → $1,393 (+52.4%)

Custer Park

Population

497426

Median household income

$88,393$173,274

Median home value

$207,100$218,800

Godley

Population

631538

Median household income

$48,750$54,583

Median home value

$107,100$142,000

Median gross rent

$914$1,393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer Park	Godley
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	29.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	34.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	22.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	1.4%	12.8%
75 and over	2.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer Park	Godley
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer Park	Godley
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	88.6%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer Park	Godley
Drove alone	98.6%	87.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer Park	Godley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.0%

Poverty & households

	Custer Park	Godley
Poverty rate	4.7%	15.6%
Average household size	4.90	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1974	1993