Palos Heights vs Schiller Park

A side-by-side comparison of Palos Heights and Schiller Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palos Heights has the higher population (11,817 vs 11,454 in Schiller Park). Palos Heights has the higher median household income ($107,974 vs $67,473 in Schiller Park). Palos Heights has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $276,200 in Schiller Park).

Population, income & housing

	Palos Heights	Schiller Park
Population	11,817	11,454
Median age	51.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,974	$67,473
Median home value	$350,000	$276,200
Median gross rent	$2,138	$1,214
Housing units	4,762	4,423
Homeownership rate	95.2%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palos Heights	Schiller Park
Population	12,480 → 11,817 (-5.3%)	11,621 → 11,454 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$89,286 → $107,974 (+20.9%)	$54,099 → $67,473 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$282,100 → $350,000 (+24.1%)	$203,200 → $276,200 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,322 → $2,138 (+61.7%)	$1,031 → $1,214 (+17.7%)

Palos Heights

Population

12,48011,817

Median household income

$89,286$107,974

Median home value

$282,100$350,000

Median gross rent

$1,322$2,138

Schiller Park

Population

11,62111,454

Median household income

$54,099$67,473

Median home value

$203,200$276,200

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palos Heights	Schiller Park
Under 5	5.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	10.3%
75 and over	13.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palos Heights	Schiller Park
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	63.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	30.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palos Heights	Schiller Park
No high school diploma	2.3%	13.4%
High school graduate	24.4%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palos Heights	Schiller Park
Drove alone	75.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.6%
Public transit	3.5%	2.6%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palos Heights	Schiller Park
1-unit, detached	60.8%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	22.6%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	28.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palos Heights	Schiller Park
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1976	1963