Berwyn vs Mount Prospect

A side-by-side comparison of Berwyn and Mount Prospect: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berwyn has the higher population (55,888 vs 55,648 in Mount Prospect). Mount Prospect has the higher median household income ($103,911 vs $75,235 in Berwyn). Mount Prospect has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $286,000 in Berwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn	Mount Prospect
Population	55,888	55,648
Median age	36.4 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,235	$103,911
Median home value	$286,000	$377,000
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,454
Housing units	21,987	23,068
Homeownership rate	61.1%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn	Mount Prospect
Population	55,407 → 55,888 (+0.9%)	54,604 → 55,648 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$62,758 → $75,235 (+19.9%)	$79,733 → $103,911 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $286,000 (+35.1%)	$330,200 → $377,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,175 (+21.3%)	$1,132 → $1,454 (+28.4%)

Berwyn

Population

55,40755,888

Median household income

$62,758$75,235

Median home value

$211,700$286,000

Median gross rent

$969$1,175

Mount Prospect

Population

54,60455,648

Median household income

$79,733$103,911

Median home value

$330,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn	Mount Prospect
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.2%
75 and over	4.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn	Mount Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	63.3%
Black or African American	8.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	60.2%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn	Mount Prospect
No high school diploma	15.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn	Mount Prospect
Drove alone	64.6%	69.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.6%
Public transit	7.9%	4.3%
Walked	2.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	15.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn	Mount Prospect
1-unit, detached	52.0%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	17.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn	Mount Prospect
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1938	1969