Lincolnwood vs Western Springs

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

Lincolnwood 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 13,179 in Lincolnwood). Western Springs has the higher median household income ($218,839 vs $107,950 in Lincolnwood). Western Springs has the higher median home value ($691,300 vs $475,400 in Lincolnwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lincolnwood	Western Springs
Population	13,179	13,353
Median age	43.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,950	$218,839
Median home value	$475,400	$691,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,932
Housing units	4,987	4,568
Homeownership rate	84.4%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincolnwood	Western Springs
Population	12,434 → 13,179 (+6.0%)	13,272 → 13,353 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$95,030 → $107,950 (+13.6%)	$174,760 → $218,839 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$396,100 → $475,400 (+20.0%)	$609,900 → $691,300 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,894 → $3,501 (+84.8%)	$2,009 → $1,932 (-3.8%)

Lincolnwood

Population

12,43413,179

Median household income

$95,030$107,950

Median home value

$396,100$475,400

Median gross rent

$1,894$3,501

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)

	Lincolnwood	Western Springs
Under 5	6.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	24.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	4.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.4%
75 and over	15.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincolnwood	Western Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	26.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincolnwood	Western Springs
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.6%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	9.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincolnwood	Western Springs
Drove alone	61.1%	57.1%
Carpooled	13.5%	1.6%
Public transit	3.3%	11.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.3%	27.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincolnwood	Western Springs
1-unit, detached	73.1%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	19.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lincolnwood	Western Springs
Poverty rate	4.7%	2.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1959	1960