Country Club Hills vs Prospect Heights

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

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

Country Club Hills has the higher population (16,419 vs 15,681 in Prospect Heights). Prospect Heights has the higher median household income ($91,599 vs $77,463 in Country Club Hills). Prospect Heights has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $180,600 in Country Club Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Country Club Hills	Prospect Heights
Population	16,419	15,681
Median age	38.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,463	$91,599
Median home value	$180,600	$347,500
Median gross rent	$1,677	$1,391
Housing units	5,696	6,412
Homeownership rate	76.7%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Country Club Hills	Prospect Heights
Population	16,758 → 16,419 (-2.0%)	16,137 → 15,681 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$61,982 → $77,463 (+25.0%)	$73,084 → $91,599 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$131,800 → $180,600 (+37.0%)	$284,300 → $347,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,677 (+24.7%)	$1,099 → $1,391 (+26.6%)

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

Prospect Heights

Population

16,13715,681

Median household income

$73,084$91,599

Median home value

$284,300$347,500

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Country Club Hills	Prospect Heights
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	17.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.1%
75 and over	6.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Country Club Hills	Prospect Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	55.0%
Black or African American	87.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Country Club Hills	Prospect Heights
No high school diploma	6.2%	16.2%
High school graduate	22.2%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Country Club Hills	Prospect Heights
Drove alone	70.6%	70.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.5%
Public transit	4.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	16.3%
Other means	6.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Country Club Hills	Prospect Heights
1-unit, detached	71.7%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	19.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Country Club Hills	Prospect Heights
Poverty rate	10.1%	5.9%
Average household size	3.00	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1976	1976