La Grange Park vs Western Springs

A side-by-side comparison of La Grange Park and Western Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Western Springs has the higher population (13,353 vs 13,227 in La Grange Park). Western Springs has the higher median household income ($218,839 vs $119,115 in La Grange Park). Western Springs has the higher median home value ($691,300 vs $427,800 in La Grange Park).

Population, income & housing

	La Grange Park	Western Springs
Population	13,227	13,353
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$119,115	$218,839
Median home value	$427,800	$691,300
Median gross rent	$1,423	$1,932
Housing units	5,439	4,568
Homeownership rate	74.7%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.7%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	La Grange Park	Western Springs
Population	13,395 → 13,227 (-1.3%)	13,272 → 13,353 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$105,783 → $119,115 (+12.6%)	$174,760 → $218,839 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$361,500 → $427,800 (+18.3%)	$609,900 → $691,300 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,423 (+21.4%)	$2,009 → $1,932 (-3.8%)

La Grange Park

Population

13,39513,227

Median household income

$105,783$119,115

Median home value

$361,500$427,800

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,423

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)

	La Grange Park	Western Springs
Under 5	6.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	24.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	4.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.4%
75 and over	8.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	La Grange Park	Western Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	88.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	La Grange Park	Western Springs
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	14.8%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	9.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	La Grange Park	Western Springs
Drove alone	64.9%	57.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	1.6%
Public transit	7.3%	11.3%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.1%	27.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	La Grange Park	Western Springs
1-unit, detached	67.9%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	12.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	La Grange Park	Western Springs
Poverty rate	4.0%	2.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1956	1960