Country Club Hills vs Westchester

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

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

Westchester has the higher population (16,524 vs 16,419 in Country Club Hills). Westchester has the higher median household income ($103,561 vs $77,463 in Country Club Hills). Westchester has the higher median home value ($297,400 vs $180,600 in Country Club Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Country Club Hills	Westchester
Population	16,419	16,524
Median age	38.5 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,463	$103,561
Median home value	$180,600	$297,400
Median gross rent	$1,677	$1,767
Housing units	5,696	7,376
Homeownership rate	76.7%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Country Club Hills	Westchester
Population	16,758 → 16,419 (-2.0%)	16,440 → 16,524 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$61,982 → $77,463 (+25.0%)	$86,623 → $103,561 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$131,800 → $180,600 (+37.0%)	$241,100 → $297,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,677 (+24.7%)	$1,431 → $1,767 (+23.5%)

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

Westchester

Population

16,44016,524

Median household income

$86,623$103,561

Median home value

$241,100$297,400

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Country Club Hills	Westchester
Under 5	5.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	19.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	16.8%
75 and over	6.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Country Club Hills	Westchester
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	53.7%
Black or African American	87.4%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Country Club Hills	Westchester
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	22.2%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Country Club Hills	Westchester
Drove alone	70.6%	71.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.9%
Public transit	4.0%	5.8%
Walked	0.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	14.3%
Other means	6.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Country Club Hills	Westchester
1-unit, detached	71.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Country Club Hills	Westchester
Poverty rate	10.1%	4.5%
Average household size	3.00	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1976	1957