Homer Glen vs Plainfield

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (45,705 vs 24,516 in Homer Glen). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($142,265 vs $128,546 in Homer Glen). Homer Glen has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $398,000 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Homer Glen	Plainfield
Population	24,516	45,705
Median age	42.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$128,546	$142,265
Median home value	$400,000	$398,000
Median gross rent	$1,737	$1,889
Housing units	8,314	14,499
Homeownership rate	93.5%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homer Glen	Plainfield
Population	24,592 → 24,516 (-0.3%)	43,110 → 45,705 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$106,818 → $128,546 (+20.3%)	$130,614 → $142,265 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$330,600 → $400,000 (+21.0%)	$319,500 → $398,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $1,737 (+10.8%)	$1,795 → $1,889 (+5.2%)

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

Plainfield

Population

43,11045,705

Median household income

$130,614$142,265

Median home value

$319,500$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,795$1,889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homer Glen	Plainfield
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	24.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	6.0%
75 and over	7.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homer Glen	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	68.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homer Glen	Plainfield
No high school diploma	7.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	23.8%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homer Glen	Plainfield
Drove alone	77.8%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.5%
Public transit	1.8%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.7%	21.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homer Glen	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	89.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Homer Glen	Plainfield
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.1%
Average household size	3.04	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1988	2003