Hickory Hills vs Prospect Heights

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

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

Prospect Heights has the higher population (15,681 vs 14,718 in Hickory Hills). Prospect Heights has the higher median household income ($91,599 vs $85,541 in Hickory Hills). Prospect Heights has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $278,400 in Hickory Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory Hills	Prospect Heights
Population	14,718	15,681
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,541	$91,599
Median home value	$278,400	$347,500
Median gross rent	$1,112	$1,391
Housing units	5,761	6,412
Homeownership rate	71.7%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory Hills	Prospect Heights
Population	13,816 → 14,718 (+6.5%)	16,137 → 15,681 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$65,226 → $85,541 (+31.1%)	$73,084 → $91,599 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$229,700 → $278,400 (+21.2%)	$284,300 → $347,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,112 (+17.1%)	$1,099 → $1,391 (+26.6%)

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

Prospect Heights

Population

16,13715,681

Median household income

$73,084$91,599

Median home value

$284,300$347,500

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hickory Hills	Prospect Heights
Under 5	6.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.1%
75 and over	5.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory Hills	Prospect Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	55.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory Hills	Prospect Heights
No high school diploma	11.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	26.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory Hills	Prospect Heights
Drove alone	75.5%	70.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.5%
Public transit	3.6%	1.9%
Walked	2.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	16.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickory Hills	Prospect Heights
1-unit, detached	59.6%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	19.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hickory Hills	Prospect Heights
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1970	1976