Country Club Hills vs Lemont

A side-by-side comparison of Country Club Hills and Lemont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lemont has the higher population (17,643 vs 16,419 in Country Club Hills). Lemont has the higher median household income ($126,100 vs $77,463 in Country Club Hills). Lemont has the higher median home value ($447,800 vs $180,600 in Country Club Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Country Club Hills	Lemont
Population	16,419	17,643
Median age	38.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,463	$126,100
Median home value	$180,600	$447,800
Median gross rent	$1,677	$1,211
Housing units	5,696	6,513
Homeownership rate	76.7%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Country Club Hills	Lemont
Population	16,758 → 16,419 (-2.0%)	17,023 → 17,643 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$61,982 → $77,463 (+25.0%)	$99,724 → $126,100 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$131,800 → $180,600 (+37.0%)	$363,000 → $447,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,677 (+24.7%)	$1,069 → $1,211 (+13.3%)

Country Club Hills

Population

16,75816,419

Median household income

$61,982$77,463

Median home value

$131,800$180,600

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,677

Lemont

Population

17,02317,643

Median household income

$99,724$126,100

Median home value

$363,000$447,800

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Country Club Hills	Lemont
Under 5	5.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.8%
75 and over	6.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Country Club Hills	Lemont
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	85.7%
Black or African American	87.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Country Club Hills	Lemont
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	22.2%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Country Club Hills	Lemont
Drove alone	70.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.3%
Public transit	4.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	14.4%
Other means	6.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Country Club Hills	Lemont
1-unit, detached	71.7%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Country Club Hills	Lemont
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.1%
Average household size	3.00	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1976	1994