Custer Park vs Rest Haven

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

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

Rest Haven has the higher population (537 vs 426 in Custer Park). Custer Park has the higher median household income ($173,274 vs $67,639 in Rest Haven). Custer Park has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $198,200 in Rest Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Custer Park	Rest Haven
Population	426	537
Median age	29.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$173,274	$67,639
Median home value	$218,800	$198,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,341
Housing units	87	246
Homeownership rate	31.0%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	18.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer Park	Rest Haven
Population	497 → 426 (-14.3%)	550 → 537 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$88,393 → $173,274 (+96.0%)	$61,310 → $67,639 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$207,100 → $218,800 (+5.6%)	$166,700 → $198,200 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$992 → $1,341 (+35.2%)

Custer Park

Population

497426

Median household income

$88,393$173,274

Median home value

$207,100$218,800

Rest Haven

Population

550537

Median household income

$61,310$67,639

Median home value

$166,700$198,200

Median gross rent

$992$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer Park	Rest Haven
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	29.8%	6.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	34.5%	22.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	30.5%
65 to 74	1.4%	8.2%
75 and over	2.6%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer Park	Rest Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer Park	Rest Haven
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	88.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer Park	Rest Haven
Drove alone	98.6%	73.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	22.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer Park	Rest Haven
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Custer Park	Rest Haven
Poverty rate	4.7%	16.0%
Average household size	4.90	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1974	1975