Norridge vs Prospect Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Norridge and Prospect Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prospect Heights has the higher population (15,681 vs 15,177 in Norridge). Prospect Heights has the higher median household income ($91,599 vs $87,579 in Norridge). Norridge has the higher median home value ($361,000 vs $347,500 in Prospect Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Norridge	Prospect Heights
Population	15,177	15,681
Median age	47.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,579	$91,599
Median home value	$361,000	$347,500
Median gross rent	$1,421	$1,391
Housing units	6,028	6,412
Homeownership rate	83.6%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norridge	Prospect Heights
Population	14,703 → 15,177 (+3.2%)	16,137 → 15,681 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$72,570 → $87,579 (+20.7%)	$73,084 → $91,599 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$286,400 → $361,000 (+26.0%)	$284,300 → $347,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,199 → $1,421 (+18.5%)	$1,099 → $1,391 (+26.6%)

Norridge

Population

14,70315,177

Median household income

$72,570$87,579

Median home value

$286,400$361,000

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,421

Prospect Heights

Population

16,13715,681

Median household income

$73,084$91,599

Median home value

$284,300$347,500

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norridge	Prospect Heights
Under 5	3.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	17.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.1%
75 and over	12.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norridge	Prospect Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	55.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norridge	Prospect Heights
No high school diploma	12.8%	16.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norridge	Prospect Heights
Drove alone	79.8%	70.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.5%
Public transit	2.0%	1.9%
Walked	3.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.9%	16.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norridge	Prospect Heights
1-unit, detached	75.0%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	19.6%
20 or more units	13.8%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norridge	Prospect Heights
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1962	1976