Frankfort vs Homer Glen

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

Frankfort 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 20,417 in Frankfort). Frankfort has the higher median household income ($153,714 vs $128,546 in Homer Glen). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($461,600 vs $400,000 in Homer Glen).

Population, income & housing

	Frankfort	Homer Glen
Population	20,417	24,516
Median age	41.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$153,714	$128,546
Median home value	$461,600	$400,000
Median gross rent	$2,175	$1,737
Housing units	6,922	8,314
Homeownership rate	94.7%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankfort	Homer Glen
Population	18,999 → 20,417 (+7.5%)	24,592 → 24,516 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$139,145 → $153,714 (+10.5%)	$106,818 → $128,546 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$384,900 → $461,600 (+19.9%)	$330,600 → $400,000 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $2,175 (+75.4%)	$1,567 → $1,737 (+10.8%)

Frankfort

Population

18,99920,417

Median household income

$139,145$153,714

Median home value

$384,900$461,600

Median gross rent

$1,240$2,175

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)

	Frankfort	Homer Glen
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	6.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.1%
75 and over	6.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankfort	Homer Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	86.9%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankfort	Homer Glen
No high school diploma	1.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	15.8%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankfort	Homer Glen
Drove alone	71.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.9%
Public transit	4.3%	1.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.4%	13.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankfort	Homer Glen
1-unit, detached	81.7%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.1%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Frankfort	Homer Glen
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.4%
Average household size	3.08	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	2000	1988