Chicago Heights vs Lansing

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

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

Lansing has the higher population (28,415 vs 26,938 in Chicago Heights). Lansing has the higher median household income ($71,805 vs $57,479 in Chicago Heights). Lansing has the higher median home value ($168,500 vs $149,900 in Chicago Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Chicago Heights	Lansing
Population	26,938	28,415
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,479	$71,805
Median home value	$149,900	$168,500
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,271
Housing units	10,799	12,081
Homeownership rate	63.2%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicago Heights	Lansing
Population	29,856 → 26,938 (-9.8%)	27,904 → 28,415 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$50,186 → $57,479 (+14.5%)	$53,940 → $71,805 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $149,900 (+41.5%)	$129,900 → $168,500 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,035 (+10.1%)	$1,004 → $1,271 (+26.6%)

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

Lansing

Population

27,90428,415

Median household income

$53,940$71,805

Median home value

$129,900$168,500

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicago Heights	Lansing
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	20.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.2%
75 and over	5.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicago Heights	Lansing
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	25.2%
Black or African American	39.3%	51.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	37.2%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicago Heights	Lansing
No high school diploma	15.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicago Heights	Lansing
Drove alone	71.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.0%
Public transit	5.7%	3.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.5%
Other means	4.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicago Heights	Lansing
1-unit, detached	69.2%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	14.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Chicago Heights	Lansing
Poverty rate	24.7%	16.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1958	1966