Mount Prospect vs Tinley Park

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

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

Mount Prospect has the higher population (55,648 vs 55,007 in Tinley Park). Mount Prospect has the higher median household income ($103,911 vs $103,819 in Tinley Park). Mount Prospect has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $289,000 in Tinley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Prospect	Tinley Park
Population	55,648	55,007
Median age	41.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,911	$103,819
Median home value	$377,000	$289,000
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,518
Housing units	23,068	22,881
Homeownership rate	70.0%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Prospect	Tinley Park
Population	54,604 → 55,648 (+1.9%)	56,505 → 55,007 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$79,733 → $103,911 (+30.3%)	$78,343 → $103,819 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$330,200 → $377,000 (+14.2%)	$231,400 → $289,000 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,132 → $1,454 (+28.4%)	$1,198 → $1,518 (+26.7%)

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

Tinley Park

Population

56,50555,007

Median household income

$78,343$103,819

Median home value

$231,400$289,000

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Prospect	Tinley Park
Under 5	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.3%
75 and over	8.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Prospect	Tinley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	76.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.5%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Prospect	Tinley Park
No high school diploma	8.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	20.1%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Prospect	Tinley Park
Drove alone	69.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.3%
Public transit	4.3%	5.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.8%	9.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Prospect	Tinley Park
1-unit, detached	57.0%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	13.8%
20 or more units	18.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Prospect	Tinley Park
Poverty rate	6.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1969	1987