Alsip vs Lemont

A side-by-side comparison of Alsip and Lemont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alsip has the higher population (18,650 vs 17,643 in Lemont). Lemont has the higher median household income ($126,100 vs $67,557 in Alsip). Lemont has the higher median home value ($447,800 vs $208,700 in Alsip).

Population, income & housing

	Alsip	Lemont
Population	18,650	17,643
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,557	$126,100
Median home value	$208,700	$447,800
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,211
Housing units	8,076	6,513
Homeownership rate	65.2%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsip	Lemont
Population	19,022 → 18,650 (-2.0%)	17,023 → 17,643 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$63,312 → $67,557 (+6.7%)	$99,724 → $126,100 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $208,700 (+21.8%)	$363,000 → $447,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,102 (+14.7%)	$1,069 → $1,211 (+13.3%)

Alsip

Population

19,02218,650

Median household income

$63,312$67,557

Median home value

$171,400$208,700

Median gross rent

$961$1,102

Lemont

Population

17,02317,643

Median household income

$99,724$126,100

Median home value

$363,000$447,800

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsip	Lemont
Under 5	7.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.8%
75 and over	7.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsip	Lemont
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	85.7%
Black or African American	21.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsip	Lemont
No high school diploma	11.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.6%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsip	Lemont
Drove alone	75.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.3%
Public transit	4.0%	2.7%
Walked	2.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	14.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsip	Lemont
1-unit, detached	54.1%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	28.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alsip	Lemont
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1974	1994