Arlington Heights vs Evanston

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington Heights and Evanston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Evanston has the higher population (76,552 vs 76,220 in Arlington Heights). Arlington Heights has the higher median household income ($118,532 vs $95,766 in Evanston). Evanston has the higher median home value ($472,300 vs $403,200 in Arlington Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington Heights	Evanston
Population	76,220	76,552
Median age	42.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$118,532	$95,766
Median home value	$403,200	$472,300
Median gross rent	$1,727	$1,698
Housing units	33,034	33,914
Homeownership rate	73.3%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington Heights	Evanston
Population	75,482 → 76,220 (+1.0%)	74,587 → 76,552 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$96,340 → $118,532 (+23.0%)	$78,904 → $95,766 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$358,300 → $403,200 (+12.5%)	$391,400 → $472,300 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,727 (+26.2%)	$1,376 → $1,698 (+23.4%)

Arlington Heights

Population

75,48276,220

Median household income

$96,340$118,532

Median home value

$358,300$403,200

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,727

Evanston

Population

74,58776,552

Median household income

$78,904$95,766

Median home value

$391,400$472,300

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington Heights	Evanston
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	15.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.4%
75 and over	8.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington Heights	Evanston
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	58.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington Heights	Evanston
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	15.2%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington Heights	Evanston
Drove alone	64.2%	42.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.1%
Public transit	4.8%	13.0%
Walked	1.3%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	3.2%
Worked from home	22.5%	25.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington Heights	Evanston
1-unit, detached	54.3%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	18.9%
20 or more units	22.1%	30.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Arlington Heights	Evanston
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1973	1952