Chicago Ridge vs Hazel Crest

A side-by-side comparison of Chicago Ridge and Hazel Crest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chicago Ridge has the higher population (14,147 vs 13,493 in Hazel Crest). Chicago Ridge has the higher median household income ($69,389 vs $62,773 in Hazel Crest). Chicago Ridge has the higher median home value ($217,800 vs $181,400 in Hazel Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Chicago Ridge	Hazel Crest
Population	14,147	13,493
Median age	34.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,389	$62,773
Median home value	$217,800	$181,400
Median gross rent	$1,198	$1,439
Housing units	5,840	5,459
Homeownership rate	55.0%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicago Ridge	Hazel Crest
Population	14,153 → 14,147 (-0.0%)	13,549 → 13,493 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$48,886 → $69,389 (+41.9%)	$54,347 → $62,773 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$160,500 → $217,800 (+35.7%)	$113,200 → $181,400 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,198 (+20.3%)	$1,589 → $1,439 (-9.4%)

Chicago Ridge

Population

14,15314,147

Median household income

$48,886$69,389

Median home value

$160,500$217,800

Median gross rent

$996$1,198

Hazel Crest

Population

13,54913,493

Median household income

$54,347$62,773

Median home value

$113,200$181,400

Median gross rent

$1,589$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Hazel Crest
Under 5	9.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	21.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.8%
75 and over	5.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Hazel Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	6.5%
Black or African American	8.9%	85.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicago Ridge	Hazel Crest
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Hazel Crest
Drove alone	80.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.4%
Public transit	2.2%	8.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Hazel Crest
1-unit, detached	33.8%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	53.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chicago Ridge	Hazel Crest
Poverty rate	17.0%	21.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1973	1970