Countryside vs Orland Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Countryside and Orland Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orland Hills has the higher population (6,758 vs 6,294 in Countryside). Orland Hills has the higher median household income ($118,281 vs $78,132 in Countryside). Countryside has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $262,600 in Orland Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Countryside	Orland Hills
Population	6,294	6,758
Median age	48.5 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,132	$118,281
Median home value	$330,700	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,212	$1,373
Housing units	2,939	2,409
Homeownership rate	71.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Countryside	Orland Hills
Population	5,961 → 6,294 (+5.6%)	7,136 → 6,758 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $78,132 (+28.4%)	$95,798 → $118,281 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$228,100 → $330,700 (+45.0%)	$223,800 → $262,600 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,212 (+14.6%)	$1,110 → $1,373 (+23.7%)

Countryside

Population

5,9616,294

Median household income

$60,833$78,132

Median home value

$228,100$330,700

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,212

Orland Hills

Population

7,1366,758

Median household income

$95,798$118,281

Median home value

$223,800$262,600

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Countryside	Orland Hills
Under 5	3.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.5%	7.3%
75 and over	8.7%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Countryside	Orland Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	70.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Countryside	Orland Hills
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Countryside	Orland Hills
Drove alone	70.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	10.6%
Public transit	4.3%	1.6%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	14.7%
Other means	2.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Countryside	Orland Hills
1-unit, detached	43.2%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	16.9%
20 or more units	23.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Countryside	Orland Hills
Poverty rate	8.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1975	1984