Chicago Ridge vs Hickory Hills

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

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

Hickory Hills has the higher population (14,718 vs 14,147 in Chicago Ridge). Hickory Hills has the higher median household income ($85,541 vs $69,389 in Chicago Ridge). Hickory Hills has the higher median home value ($278,400 vs $217,800 in Chicago Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Chicago Ridge	Hickory Hills
Population	14,147	14,718
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,389	$85,541
Median home value	$217,800	$278,400
Median gross rent	$1,198	$1,112
Housing units	5,840	5,761
Homeownership rate	55.0%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicago Ridge	Hickory Hills
Population	14,153 → 14,147 (-0.0%)	13,816 → 14,718 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$48,886 → $69,389 (+41.9%)	$65,226 → $85,541 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$160,500 → $217,800 (+35.7%)	$229,700 → $278,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,198 (+20.3%)	$950 → $1,112 (+17.1%)

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

Hickory Hills

Population

13,81614,718

Median household income

$65,226$85,541

Median home value

$229,700$278,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Hickory Hills
Under 5	9.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	21.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.7%
75 and over	5.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Hickory Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	72.9%
Black or African American	8.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicago Ridge	Hickory Hills
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	27.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Hickory Hills
Drove alone	80.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.1%
Public transit	2.2%	3.6%
Walked	1.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Hickory Hills
1-unit, detached	33.8%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	53.3%	20.2%
20 or more units	6.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Chicago Ridge	Hickory Hills
Poverty rate	17.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1973	1970