Harwood Heights vs Steger

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

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

Steger has the higher population (9,449 vs 8,851 in Harwood Heights). Harwood Heights has the higher median household income ($79,651 vs $59,691 in Steger). Harwood Heights has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $134,100 in Steger).

Population, income & housing

	Harwood Heights	Steger
Population	8,851	9,449
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,651	$59,691
Median home value	$316,400	$134,100
Median gross rent	$1,166	$1,035
Housing units	3,692	4,525
Homeownership rate	59.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwood Heights	Steger
Population	8,487 → 8,851 (+4.3%)	9,366 → 9,449 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$64,523 → $79,651 (+23.4%)	$49,112 → $59,691 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$267,300 → $316,400 (+18.4%)	$105,200 → $134,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,166 (+18.3%)	$957 → $1,035 (+8.2%)

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

Steger

Population

9,3669,449

Median household income

$49,112$59,691

Median home value

$105,200$134,100

Median gross rent

$957$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harwood Heights	Steger
Under 5	6.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	17.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.3%
75 and over	8.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwood Heights	Steger
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	53.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwood Heights	Steger
No high school diploma	14.2%	11.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwood Heights	Steger
Drove alone	70.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.9%
Public transit	7.8%	4.9%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.2%
Other means	2.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwood Heights	Steger
1-unit, detached	46.4%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	22.2%	12.3%
20 or more units	19.9%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harwood Heights	Steger
Poverty rate	6.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1967	1965