Glenwood vs Hillside

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

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

Glenwood has the higher population (8,620 vs 8,133 in Hillside). Glenwood has the higher median household income ($71,376 vs $70,772 in Hillside). Hillside has the higher median home value ($233,800 vs $182,900 in Glenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Hillside
Population	8,620	8,133
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,376	$70,772
Median home value	$182,900	$233,800
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,265
Housing units	3,443	3,097
Homeownership rate	77.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Hillside
Population	8,657 → 8,620 (-0.4%)	8,080 → 8,133 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$67,554 → $71,376 (+5.7%)	$57,298 → $70,772 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $182,900 (+45.2%)	$171,900 → $233,800 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,586 → $1,639 (+3.3%)	$1,181 → $1,265 (+7.1%)

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

Hillside

Population

8,0808,133

Median household income

$57,298$70,772

Median home value

$171,900$233,800

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,265

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Hillside
Under 5	5.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.4%
75 and over	6.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Hillside
White (non-Hispanic)	20.8%	19.1%
Black or African American	68.6%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	33.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Hillside
No high school diploma	6.4%	19.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Hillside
Drove alone	68.2%	68.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.5%
Public transit	6.5%	6.2%
Walked	8.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Hillside
1-unit, detached	81.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	16.8%
20 or more units	8.3%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Hillside
Poverty rate	14.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1968	1960