Burbank vs Chicago Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Burbank and Chicago Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burbank has the higher population (28,822 vs 26,938 in Chicago Heights). Burbank has the higher median household income ($83,975 vs $57,479 in Chicago Heights). Burbank has the higher median home value ($258,900 vs $149,900 in Chicago Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Burbank	Chicago Heights
Population	28,822	26,938
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,975	$57,479
Median home value	$258,900	$149,900
Median gross rent	$1,241	$1,035
Housing units	10,012	10,799
Homeownership rate	80.2%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burbank	Chicago Heights
Population	28,729 → 28,822 (+0.3%)	29,856 → 26,938 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$62,573 → $83,975 (+34.2%)	$50,186 → $57,479 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$192,600 → $258,900 (+34.4%)	$105,900 → $149,900 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,108 → $1,241 (+12.0%)	$940 → $1,035 (+10.1%)

Burbank

Population

28,72928,822

Median household income

$62,573$83,975

Median home value

$192,600$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,241

Chicago Heights

Population

29,85626,938

Median household income

$50,186$57,479

Median home value

$105,900$149,900

Median gross rent

$940$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burbank	Chicago Heights
Under 5	6.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.4%
75 and over	5.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burbank	Chicago Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	20.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	39.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	49.7%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burbank	Chicago Heights
No high school diploma	20.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	37.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burbank	Chicago Heights
Drove alone	75.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	13.5%	13.3%
Public transit	3.0%	5.7%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burbank	Chicago Heights
1-unit, detached	80.1%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Burbank	Chicago Heights
Poverty rate	10.7%	24.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1965	1958