Mount Prospect vs Orland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Prospect and Orland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Prospect and Orland Park are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orland Park has the higher population (57,961 vs 55,648 in Mount Prospect). Mount Prospect has the higher median household income ($103,911 vs $98,979 in Orland Park). Mount Prospect has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $349,400 in Orland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Prospect	Orland Park
Population	55,648	57,961
Median age	41.7 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,911	$98,979
Median home value	$377,000	$349,400
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,415
Housing units	23,068	24,626
Homeownership rate	70.0%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Prospect	Orland Park
Population	54,604 → 55,648 (+1.9%)	58,749 → 57,961 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$79,733 → $103,911 (+30.3%)	$90,345 → $98,979 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$330,200 → $377,000 (+14.2%)	$287,700 → $349,400 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,132 → $1,454 (+28.4%)	$1,233 → $1,415 (+14.8%)

Mount Prospect

Population

54,60455,648

Median household income

$79,733$103,911

Median home value

$330,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,454

Orland Park

Population

58,74957,961

Median household income

$90,345$98,979

Median home value

$287,700$349,400

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Prospect	Orland Park
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.0%
75 and over	8.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Prospect	Orland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	79.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Prospect	Orland Park
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	20.1%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Prospect	Orland Park
Drove alone	69.9%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.7%
Public transit	4.3%	3.7%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.8%	14.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Prospect	Orland Park
1-unit, detached	57.0%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	12.3%
20 or more units	18.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Prospect	Orland Park
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1969	1988