Des Plaines vs Tinley Park

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

Des Plaines and Tinley Park 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 55,007 in Tinley Park). Tinley Park has the higher median household income ($103,819 vs $94,303 in Des Plaines). Des Plaines has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $289,000 in Tinley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Des Plaines	Tinley Park
Population	59,408	55,007
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,303	$103,819
Median home value	$318,200	$289,000
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,518
Housing units	23,973	22,881
Homeownership rate	79.4%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Plaines	Tinley Park
Population	58,673 → 59,408 (+1.3%)	56,505 → 55,007 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$69,760 → $94,303 (+35.2%)	$78,343 → $103,819 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$256,700 → $318,200 (+24.0%)	$231,400 → $289,000 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,435 (+25.4%)	$1,198 → $1,518 (+26.7%)

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

Tinley Park

Population

56,50555,007

Median household income

$78,343$103,819

Median home value

$231,400$289,000

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Plaines	Tinley Park
Under 5	5.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.3%
75 and over	9.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Plaines	Tinley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	76.8%
Black or African American	3.5%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Plaines	Tinley Park
No high school diploma	10.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	22.3%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Plaines	Tinley Park
Drove alone	69.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.3%
Public transit	4.4%	5.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Plaines	Tinley Park
1-unit, detached	59.4%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	13.8%
20 or more units	19.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Des Plaines	Tinley Park
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1966	1987