Homer Glen vs Shorewood

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

Homer Glen and Shorewood 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 18,218 in Shorewood). Homer Glen has the higher median household income ($128,546 vs $122,648 in Shorewood). Homer Glen has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $324,600 in Shorewood).

Population, income & housing

	Homer Glen	Shorewood
Population	24,516	18,218
Median age	42.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$128,546	$122,648
Median home value	$400,000	$324,600
Median gross rent	$1,737	$2,087
Housing units	8,314	6,916
Homeownership rate	93.5%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homer Glen	Shorewood
Population	24,592 → 24,516 (-0.3%)	17,164 → 18,218 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$106,818 → $128,546 (+20.3%)	$105,938 → $122,648 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$330,600 → $400,000 (+21.0%)	$262,600 → $324,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $1,737 (+10.8%)	$1,685 → $2,087 (+23.9%)

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

Shorewood

Population

17,16418,218

Median household income

$105,938$122,648

Median home value

$262,600$324,600

Median gross rent

$1,685$2,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homer Glen	Shorewood
Under 5	5.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.9%
75 and over	7.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homer Glen	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homer Glen	Shorewood
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	23.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homer Glen	Shorewood
Drove alone	77.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.5%
Public transit	1.8%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	12.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homer Glen	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	89.8%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Homer Glen	Shorewood
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1988	2001