Glenview vs Mount Prospect

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

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

Mount Prospect has the higher population (55,648 vs 47,682 in Glenview). Glenview has the higher median household income ($138,758 vs $103,911 in Mount Prospect). Glenview has the higher median home value ($598,800 vs $377,000 in Mount Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Glenview	Mount Prospect
Population	47,682	55,648
Median age	46.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$138,758	$103,911
Median home value	$598,800	$377,000
Median gross rent	$2,027	$1,454
Housing units	19,405	23,068
Homeownership rate	78.4%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenview	Mount Prospect
Population	47,416 → 47,682 (+0.6%)	54,604 → 55,648 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$115,198 → $138,758 (+20.5%)	$79,733 → $103,911 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$499,900 → $598,800 (+19.8%)	$330,200 → $377,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,771 → $2,027 (+14.5%)	$1,132 → $1,454 (+28.4%)

Glenview

Population

47,41647,682

Median household income

$115,198$138,758

Median home value

$499,900$598,800

Median gross rent

$1,771$2,027

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)

	Glenview	Mount Prospect
Under 5	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.2%
75 and over	11.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenview	Mount Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	63.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	16.5%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenview	Mount Prospect
No high school diploma	3.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	10.8%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenview	Mount Prospect
Drove alone	63.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.6%
Public transit	7.9%	4.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.5%	15.8%
Other means	2.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenview	Mount Prospect
1-unit, detached	60.3%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	17.5%
20 or more units	15.8%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Glenview	Mount Prospect
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1977	1969