Morton Grove vs Rolling Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Morton Grove and Rolling Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

Morton Grove and Rolling Meadows are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morton Grove has the higher population (24,687 vs 23,981 in Rolling Meadows). Morton Grove has the higher median household income ($106,078 vs $100,424 in Rolling Meadows). Morton Grove has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $299,700 in Rolling Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Morton Grove	Rolling Meadows
Population	24,687	23,981
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,078	$100,424
Median home value	$377,000	$299,700
Median gross rent	$2,210	$1,563
Housing units	9,546	9,637
Homeownership rate	84.5%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morton Grove	Rolling Meadows
Population	23,089 → 24,687 (+6.9%)	23,219 → 23,981 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$85,360 → $106,078 (+24.3%)	$74,134 → $100,424 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$317,200 → $377,000 (+18.9%)	$241,200 → $299,700 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,823 → $2,210 (+21.2%)	$1,378 → $1,563 (+13.4%)

Morton Grove

Population

23,08924,687

Median household income

$85,360$106,078

Median home value

$317,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,823$2,210

Rolling Meadows

Population

23,21923,981

Median household income

$74,134$100,424

Median home value

$241,200$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morton Grove	Rolling Meadows
Under 5	4.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.4%
75 and over	8.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morton Grove	Rolling Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	53.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	31.6%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morton Grove	Rolling Meadows
No high school diploma	10.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	15.9%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morton Grove	Rolling Meadows
Drove alone	67.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.8%
Public transit	4.4%	2.3%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.6%	13.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morton Grove	Rolling Meadows
1-unit, detached	76.2%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	12.7%
20 or more units	15.5%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Morton Grove	Rolling Meadows
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1960	1972