Glenwood vs Harwood Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Glenwood and Harwood Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Glenwood and Harwood Heights are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harwood Heights has the higher population (8,851 vs 8,620 in Glenwood). Harwood Heights has the higher median household income ($79,651 vs $71,376 in Glenwood). Harwood Heights has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $182,900 in Glenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Harwood Heights
Population	8,620	8,851
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,376	$79,651
Median home value	$182,900	$316,400
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,166
Housing units	3,443	3,692
Homeownership rate	77.9%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Harwood Heights
Population	8,657 → 8,620 (-0.4%)	8,487 → 8,851 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$67,554 → $71,376 (+5.7%)	$64,523 → $79,651 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $182,900 (+45.2%)	$267,300 → $316,400 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,586 → $1,639 (+3.3%)	$986 → $1,166 (+18.3%)

Glenwood

Population

8,6578,620

Median household income

$67,554$71,376

Median home value

$126,000$182,900

Median gross rent

$1,586$1,639

Harwood Heights

Population

8,4878,851

Median household income

$64,523$79,651

Median home value

$267,300$316,400

Median gross rent

$986$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Harwood Heights
Under 5	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.7%
75 and over	6.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Harwood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	20.8%	66.8%
Black or African American	68.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Harwood Heights
No high school diploma	6.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	20.4%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Harwood Heights
Drove alone	68.2%	70.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.7%
Public transit	6.5%	7.8%
Walked	8.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Harwood Heights
1-unit, detached	81.7%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	22.2%
20 or more units	8.3%	19.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Harwood Heights
Poverty rate	14.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1968	1967