Des Plaines vs Mount Prospect

A side-by-side comparison of Des Plaines and Mount Prospect: population, income, housing, and more.

Des Plaines and Mount Prospect are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Des Plaines has the higher population (59,408 vs 55,648 in Mount Prospect). Mount Prospect has the higher median household income ($103,911 vs $94,303 in Des Plaines). Mount Prospect has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $318,200 in Des Plaines).

Population, income & housing

	Des Plaines	Mount Prospect
Population	59,408	55,648
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,303	$103,911
Median home value	$318,200	$377,000
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,454
Housing units	23,973	23,068
Homeownership rate	79.4%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Plaines	Mount Prospect
Population	58,673 → 59,408 (+1.3%)	54,604 → 55,648 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$69,760 → $94,303 (+35.2%)	$79,733 → $103,911 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$256,700 → $318,200 (+24.0%)	$330,200 → $377,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,435 (+25.4%)	$1,132 → $1,454 (+28.4%)

Des Plaines

Population

58,67359,408

Median household income

$69,760$94,303

Median home value

$256,700$318,200

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,435

Mount Prospect

Population

54,60455,648

Median household income

$79,733$103,911

Median home value

$330,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Plaines	Mount Prospect
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.2%
75 and over	9.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Plaines	Mount Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	63.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	14.1%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Plaines	Mount Prospect
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	22.3%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Plaines	Mount Prospect
Drove alone	69.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.6%
Public transit	4.4%	4.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	15.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Plaines	Mount Prospect
1-unit, detached	59.4%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	17.5%
20 or more units	19.8%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Des Plaines	Mount Prospect
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1966	1969