Hoffman Estates vs Mount Prospect

A side-by-side comparison of Hoffman Estates and Mount Prospect: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Prospect has the higher population (55,648 vs 51,186 in Hoffman Estates). Hoffman Estates has the higher median household income ($109,683 vs $103,911 in Mount Prospect). Mount Prospect has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $340,400 in Hoffman Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Hoffman Estates	Mount Prospect
Population	51,186	55,648
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,683	$103,911
Median home value	$340,400	$377,000
Median gross rent	$1,764	$1,454
Housing units	19,526	23,068
Homeownership rate	74.2%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoffman Estates	Mount Prospect
Population	50,841 → 51,186 (+0.7%)	54,604 → 55,648 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$91,917 → $109,683 (+19.3%)	$79,733 → $103,911 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $340,400 (+20.2%)	$330,200 → $377,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $1,764 (+26.2%)	$1,132 → $1,454 (+28.4%)

Hoffman Estates

Population

50,84151,186

Median household income

$91,917$109,683

Median home value

$283,300$340,400

Median gross rent

$1,398$1,764

Mount Prospect

Population

54,60455,648

Median household income

$79,733$103,911

Median home value

$330,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hoffman Estates	Mount Prospect
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.2%
75 and over	4.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoffman Estates	Mount Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	63.3%
Black or African American	5.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	23.6%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoffman Estates	Mount Prospect
No high school diploma	8.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	19.3%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoffman Estates	Mount Prospect
Drove alone	69.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.6%
Public transit	2.5%	4.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	15.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoffman Estates	Mount Prospect
1-unit, detached	60.7%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hoffman Estates	Mount Prospect
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1976	1969