Hazel Crest vs Western Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Hazel Crest and Western Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Hazel Crest and Western Springs are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hazel Crest has the higher population (13,493 vs 13,353 in Western Springs). Western Springs has the higher median household income ($218,839 vs $62,773 in Hazel Crest). Western Springs has the higher median home value ($691,300 vs $181,400 in Hazel Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Crest	Western Springs
Population	13,493	13,353
Median age	34.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,773	$218,839
Median home value	$181,400	$691,300
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,932
Housing units	5,459	4,568
Homeownership rate	70.3%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Crest	Western Springs
Population	13,549 → 13,493 (-0.4%)	13,272 → 13,353 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$54,347 → $62,773 (+15.5%)	$174,760 → $218,839 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $181,400 (+60.2%)	$609,900 → $691,300 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,589 → $1,439 (-9.4%)	$2,009 → $1,932 (-3.8%)

Hazel Crest

Population

13,54913,493

Median household income

$54,347$62,773

Median home value

$113,200$181,400

Median gross rent

$1,589$1,439

Western Springs

Population

13,27213,353

Median household income

$174,760$218,839

Median home value

$609,900$691,300

Median gross rent

$2,009$1,932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazel Crest	Western Springs
Under 5	5.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	23.3%	24.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	4.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.4%
75 and over	9.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Crest	Western Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	6.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	85.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Crest	Western Springs
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	9.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Crest	Western Springs
Drove alone	71.1%	57.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	1.6%
Public transit	8.0%	11.3%
Walked	3.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.9%	27.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Crest	Western Springs
1-unit, detached	79.0%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Crest	Western Springs
Poverty rate	21.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.86	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1970	1960