Bridgeview vs Lemont

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

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

Lemont has the higher population (17,643 vs 16,721 in Bridgeview). Lemont has the higher median household income ($126,100 vs $65,153 in Bridgeview). Lemont has the higher median home value ($447,800 vs $234,000 in Bridgeview).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeview	Lemont
Population	16,721	17,643
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,153	$126,100
Median home value	$234,000	$447,800
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,211
Housing units	6,818	6,513
Homeownership rate	65.5%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeview	Lemont
Population	16,124 → 16,721 (+3.7%)	17,023 → 17,643 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$55,687 → $65,153 (+17.0%)	$99,724 → $126,100 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$183,400 → $234,000 (+27.6%)	$363,000 → $447,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,139 (+17.7%)	$1,069 → $1,211 (+13.3%)

Bridgeview

Population

16,12416,721

Median household income

$55,687$65,153

Median home value

$183,400$234,000

Median gross rent

$968$1,139

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)

	Bridgeview	Lemont
Under 5	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.8%
75 and over	6.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeview	Lemont
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	85.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeview	Lemont
No high school diploma	17.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeview	Lemont
Drove alone	74.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	14.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.9%	2.7%
Walked	1.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	14.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeview	Lemont
1-unit, detached	49.8%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeview	Lemont
Poverty rate	13.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1975	1994