Bridgeview vs Prospect Heights

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

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

Bridgeview has the higher population (16,721 vs 15,681 in Prospect Heights). Prospect Heights has the higher median household income ($91,599 vs $65,153 in Bridgeview). Prospect Heights has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $234,000 in Bridgeview).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeview	Prospect Heights
Population	16,721	15,681
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,153	$91,599
Median home value	$234,000	$347,500
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,391
Housing units	6,818	6,412
Homeownership rate	65.5%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeview	Prospect Heights
Population	16,124 → 16,721 (+3.7%)	16,137 → 15,681 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$55,687 → $65,153 (+17.0%)	$73,084 → $91,599 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$183,400 → $234,000 (+27.6%)	$284,300 → $347,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,139 (+17.7%)	$1,099 → $1,391 (+26.6%)

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

Prospect Heights

Population

16,13715,681

Median household income

$73,084$91,599

Median home value

$284,300$347,500

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeview	Prospect Heights
Under 5	4.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.1%
75 and over	6.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeview	Prospect Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	55.0%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeview	Prospect Heights
No high school diploma	17.3%	16.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeview	Prospect Heights
Drove alone	74.6%	70.2%
Carpooled	14.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.9%	1.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	16.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeview	Prospect Heights
1-unit, detached	49.8%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	19.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeview	Prospect Heights
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1975	1976