Chicago Heights vs Niles

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

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

Niles has the higher population (30,262 vs 26,938 in Chicago Heights). Niles has the higher median household income ($78,563 vs $57,479 in Chicago Heights). Niles has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $149,900 in Chicago Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Chicago Heights	Niles
Population	26,938	30,262
Median age	35.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,479	$78,563
Median home value	$149,900	$350,900
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,247
Housing units	10,799	11,808
Homeownership rate	63.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicago Heights	Niles
Population	29,856 → 26,938 (-9.8%)	29,451 → 30,262 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$50,186 → $57,479 (+14.5%)	$64,772 → $78,563 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $149,900 (+41.5%)	$284,400 → $350,900 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,035 (+10.1%)	$1,141 → $1,247 (+9.3%)

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

Niles

Population

29,45130,262

Median household income

$64,772$78,563

Median home value

$284,400$350,900

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicago Heights	Niles
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.5%
75 and over	5.6%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicago Heights	Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	61.2%
Black or African American	39.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	20.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	37.2%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicago Heights	Niles
No high school diploma	15.1%	11.6%
High school graduate	33.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicago Heights	Niles
Drove alone	71.6%	71.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	11.7%
Public transit	5.7%	4.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	5.2%	9.9%
Other means	4.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicago Heights	Niles
1-unit, detached	69.2%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	6.1%	22.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Chicago Heights	Niles
Poverty rate	24.7%	8.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1958	1965