Lemont vs Palos Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Lemont and Palos Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palos Hills has the higher population (18,139 vs 17,643 in Lemont). Lemont has the higher median household income ($126,100 vs $83,969 in Palos Hills). Lemont has the higher median home value ($447,800 vs $259,200 in Palos Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Lemont	Palos Hills
Population	17,643	18,139
Median age	43.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$126,100	$83,969
Median home value	$447,800	$259,200
Median gross rent	$1,211	$1,267
Housing units	6,513	7,885
Homeownership rate	87.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemont	Palos Hills
Population	17,023 → 17,643 (+3.6%)	17,318 → 18,139 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$99,724 → $126,100 (+26.4%)	$61,143 → $83,969 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$363,000 → $447,800 (+23.4%)	$203,800 → $259,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,211 (+13.3%)	$1,035 → $1,267 (+22.4%)

Lemont

Population

17,02317,643

Median household income

$99,724$126,100

Median home value

$363,000$447,800

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,211

Palos Hills

Population

17,31818,139

Median household income

$61,143$83,969

Median home value

$203,800$259,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemont	Palos Hills
Under 5	4.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.5%
75 and over	8.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemont	Palos Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	81.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemont	Palos Hills
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	21.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemont	Palos Hills
Drove alone	76.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	9.8%
Public transit	2.7%	3.3%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	11.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemont	Palos Hills
1-unit, detached	76.2%	42.4%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	31.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lemont	Palos Hills
Poverty rate	3.1%	9.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1994	1977