Chicago Ridge vs Western Springs

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

Chicago Ridge and Western Springs 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 13,353 in Western Springs). Western Springs has the higher median household income ($218,839 vs $69,389 in Chicago Ridge). Western Springs has the higher median home value ($691,300 vs $217,800 in Chicago Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Chicago Ridge	Western Springs
Population	14,147	13,353
Median age	34.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,389	$218,839
Median home value	$217,800	$691,300
Median gross rent	$1,198	$1,932
Housing units	5,840	4,568
Homeownership rate	55.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicago Ridge	Western Springs
Population	14,153 → 14,147 (-0.0%)	13,272 → 13,353 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$48,886 → $69,389 (+41.9%)	$174,760 → $218,839 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$160,500 → $217,800 (+35.7%)	$609,900 → $691,300 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,198 (+20.3%)	$2,009 → $1,932 (-3.8%)

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

Western Springs

Population

13,27213,353

Median household income

$174,760$218,839

Median home value

$609,900$691,300

Median gross rent

$2,009$1,932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Western Springs
Under 5	9.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	24.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	21.1%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.4%
75 and over	5.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Western Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	88.4%
Black or African American	8.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicago Ridge	Western Springs
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	9.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Western Springs
Drove alone	80.6%	57.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	1.6%
Public transit	2.2%	11.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	27.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicago Ridge	Western Springs
1-unit, detached	33.8%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	53.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Chicago Ridge	Western Springs
Poverty rate	17.0%	2.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1973	1960