Lemont vs Westchester

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

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

Lemont has the higher population (17,643 vs 16,524 in Westchester). Lemont has the higher median household income ($126,100 vs $103,561 in Westchester). Lemont has the higher median home value ($447,800 vs $297,400 in Westchester).

Population, income & housing

	Lemont	Westchester
Population	17,643	16,524
Median age	43.7 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$126,100	$103,561
Median home value	$447,800	$297,400
Median gross rent	$1,211	$1,767
Housing units	6,513	7,376
Homeownership rate	87.2%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemont	Westchester
Population	17,023 → 17,643 (+3.6%)	16,440 → 16,524 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$99,724 → $126,100 (+26.4%)	$86,623 → $103,561 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$363,000 → $447,800 (+23.4%)	$241,100 → $297,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,211 (+13.3%)	$1,431 → $1,767 (+23.5%)

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

Westchester

Population

16,44016,524

Median household income

$86,623$103,561

Median home value

$241,100$297,400

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemont	Westchester
Under 5	4.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.8%
75 and over	8.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemont	Westchester
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	53.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemont	Westchester
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	21.2%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemont	Westchester
Drove alone	76.3%	71.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.9%
Public transit	2.7%	5.8%
Walked	2.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.4%	14.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemont	Westchester
1-unit, detached	76.2%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lemont	Westchester
Poverty rate	3.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1994	1957