Chicago Heights vs Morton Grove

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

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

Chicago Heights has the higher population (26,938 vs 24,687 in Morton Grove). Morton Grove has the higher median household income ($106,078 vs $57,479 in Chicago Heights). Morton Grove has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $149,900 in Chicago Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Chicago Heights	Morton Grove
Population	26,938	24,687
Median age	35.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,479	$106,078
Median home value	$149,900	$377,000
Median gross rent	$1,035	$2,210
Housing units	10,799	9,546
Homeownership rate	63.2%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicago Heights	Morton Grove
Population	29,856 → 26,938 (-9.8%)	23,089 → 24,687 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$50,186 → $57,479 (+14.5%)	$85,360 → $106,078 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $149,900 (+41.5%)	$317,200 → $377,000 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,035 (+10.1%)	$1,823 → $2,210 (+21.2%)

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

Morton Grove

Population

23,08924,687

Median household income

$85,360$106,078

Median home value

$317,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,823$2,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicago Heights	Morton Grove
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.6%
75 and over	5.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicago Heights	Morton Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	53.2%
Black or African American	39.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	31.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	37.2%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicago Heights	Morton Grove
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicago Heights	Morton Grove
Drove alone	71.6%	67.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.9%
Public transit	5.7%	4.4%
Walked	0.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.2%	15.6%
Other means	4.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicago Heights	Morton Grove
1-unit, detached	69.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	15.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chicago Heights	Morton Grove
Poverty rate	24.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1958	1960