Hickory Hills vs Norridge

A side-by-side comparison of Hickory Hills and Norridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norridge has the higher population (15,177 vs 14,718 in Hickory Hills). Norridge has the higher median household income ($87,579 vs $85,541 in Hickory Hills). Norridge has the higher median home value ($361,000 vs $278,400 in Hickory Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory Hills	Norridge
Population	14,718	15,177
Median age	38.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,541	$87,579
Median home value	$278,400	$361,000
Median gross rent	$1,112	$1,421
Housing units	5,761	6,028
Homeownership rate	71.7%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory Hills	Norridge
Population	13,816 → 14,718 (+6.5%)	14,703 → 15,177 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$65,226 → $85,541 (+31.1%)	$72,570 → $87,579 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$229,700 → $278,400 (+21.2%)	$286,400 → $361,000 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,112 (+17.1%)	$1,199 → $1,421 (+18.5%)

Hickory Hills

Population

13,81614,718

Median household income

$65,226$85,541

Median home value

$229,700$278,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,112

Norridge

Population

14,70315,177

Median household income

$72,570$87,579

Median home value

$286,400$361,000

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hickory Hills	Norridge
Under 5	6.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.3%
75 and over	5.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory Hills	Norridge
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	76.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory Hills	Norridge
No high school diploma	11.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	26.3%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory Hills	Norridge
Drove alone	75.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.7%
Public transit	3.6%	2.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickory Hills	Norridge
1-unit, detached	59.6%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hickory Hills	Norridge
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1970	1962