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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-HOMER-GLEN-IL · Homer Glen, IL 24,516 pop · income 90th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Homer Glen
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Homer Glen on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Kankakee · lowest
45,119
Kankakee · lowest
45,119 median HH income
31.9% of the leader · rank #1
Disputanta · near
128,517
Disputanta · near
128,517 median HH income
90.9% of the leader · rank #2
Homer Glen · this city
128,546
Homer Glen · this city
128,546 median HH income
90.9% of the leader · rank #3
East Gull Lake · near
128,548
East Gull Lake · near
128,548 median HH income
90.9% of the leader · rank #4
Washington Mi… · near
128,571
Washington Mi… · near
128,571 median HH income
90.9% of the leader · rank #5
North Pearsall · near
128,581
North Pearsall · near
128,581 median HH income
90.9% of the leader · rank #6
Herndon · highest
141,418
Herndon · highest
141,418 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Homer Glen on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 24,516.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Homer Glen - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Homer Glen places in the 90th percentile for household income and the 93rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
90th
percentile, household income
77th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
93rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Homer Glen, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 24,516 residents in Homer Glen, a small city within Illinois. Households in Homer Glen report a median income of $128,546 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.6%. Typical homes in Homer Glen are valued around $400,000, and the median resident age is 42.0 years. Educational attainment runs 38.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 61.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 45 residential building permits were authorized in Homer Glen (Building Boom), up 137% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Homer Glen reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 293.2 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,063 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Illinois run around $240, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Homer Glen's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to reported crime to population change to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Homer Glen, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Homer Glen?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Homer Glen?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Homer Glen?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Melrose Park (24,513 residents, $64,740 income); Belvidere (24,510 residents, $62,462 income); Zion (24,466 residents, $62,574 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pelham, AL (24,510 residents); Herndon, VA (24,529 residents); Kerrville, TX (24,532 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Homer Glen?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 293.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 87% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Homer Glen growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +361 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 45 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+1.5%
2025 estimate
24,873
2020 estimate
24,512
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the education layer cover for Homer Glen?
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 38.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
7
Bachelor's degree+
38.5%
Poverty estimate
3.6%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
B+
City profile score · Homer Glen, IL
75/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A+
16 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income A+
$128,546
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Homer Glen profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 93/100 (A+) · 16 /100k
Household income: 90/100 (A+) · $128,546
Poverty rate: 74/100 (B) · 3.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 73/100 (B) · 38.5%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Homer Glen sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Homer Glen's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Homer Glen highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Homer Glen, IL (this city): home $400,000, crime 293/100k
Pelham, AL : home $278,900, crime 893/100k
Herndon, VA : home $568,700, crime 2,035/100k
Kerrville, TX : home $272,700, crime 728/100k
Ridgeland, MS : home $259,600, crime 1,700/100k
Melrose Park, IL : home $265,000, crime 2,075/100k
Belvidere, IL : home $153,100, crime 589/100k
Zion, IL : home $179,100, crime 1,446/100k
Morton Grove, IL : home $377,000, crime 1,182/100k
Westmont, IL : home $369,100, crime 1,106/100k
How does Homer Glen compare to other US cities?
Here's how Homer Glen stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income90% higher than other cities
Home value77% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety93% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Illinois, Homer Glen ranks #65 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Homer Glen against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Homer Glen near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Homer Glen ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Homer Glen only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#85 of 1,311
94th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#67 of 1,315
95th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#963 of 1,335
27th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#198 of 1,336
85th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
90th percentile nationally for median household income · 93rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Homer Glen's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Homer Glen's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Homer Glen's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$400,00023rd percentilemore affordable than 23% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Homer Glen's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,235 of 15,516
More affordable than 53% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,059 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Homer Glen sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,235 of 15,516 and #1,059 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$128,546Homer Glen, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Homer Glen, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Homer Glen, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
24,516
Median Income
$128,546
Median Home Value
$400,000
Median Age
42.0
Poverty Rate
3.6%
Labor force participation
61.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
293.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
16.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
276.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Homer Glen's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
24,512 residents
2021
24,562 residents
2022
24,493 residents
2023
24,642 residents
2024
24,860 residents
2025
24,873 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
45
housing units authorized
Single-Family
45
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
19
19
0
$7.3M
2020
52
52
0
$12.1M
2021
58
58
0
$16.2M
2022
56
56
0
$16.2M
2023
67
67
0
$27.8M
2024
45
45
0
$19.5M
Permit volume increased 137% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.8%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
1.8%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
13.7%
Other
0.8%
Based on 11,347 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Homer Glen. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Homer Glen is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Homer Glen sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Homer Glen compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.