Bridgeview vs Westchester

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

Bridgeview and Westchester 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 16,524 in Westchester). Westchester has the higher median household income ($103,561 vs $65,153 in Bridgeview). Westchester has the higher median home value ($297,400 vs $234,000 in Bridgeview).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeview	Westchester
Population	16,721	16,524
Median age	40.7 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,153	$103,561
Median home value	$234,000	$297,400
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,767
Housing units	6,818	7,376
Homeownership rate	65.5%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeview	Westchester
Population	16,124 → 16,721 (+3.7%)	16,440 → 16,524 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$55,687 → $65,153 (+17.0%)	$86,623 → $103,561 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$183,400 → $234,000 (+27.6%)	$241,100 → $297,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,139 (+17.7%)	$1,431 → $1,767 (+23.5%)

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

Westchester

Population

16,44016,524

Median household income

$86,623$103,561

Median home value

$241,100$297,400

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeview	Westchester
Under 5	4.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.8%
75 and over	6.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeview	Westchester
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	53.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeview	Westchester
No high school diploma	17.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeview	Westchester
Drove alone	74.6%	71.6%
Carpooled	14.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.9%	5.8%
Walked	1.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	14.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeview	Westchester
1-unit, detached	49.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeview	Westchester
Poverty rate	13.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1975	1957