Prospect Heights vs Westchester

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

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

Westchester has the higher population (16,524 vs 15,681 in Prospect Heights). Westchester has the higher median household income ($103,561 vs $91,599 in Prospect Heights). Prospect Heights has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $297,400 in Westchester).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect Heights	Westchester
Population	15,681	16,524
Median age	41.0 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,599	$103,561
Median home value	$347,500	$297,400
Median gross rent	$1,391	$1,767
Housing units	6,412	7,376
Homeownership rate	63.5%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect Heights	Westchester
Population	16,137 → 15,681 (-2.8%)	16,440 → 16,524 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$73,084 → $91,599 (+25.3%)	$86,623 → $103,561 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$284,300 → $347,500 (+22.2%)	$241,100 → $297,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,391 (+26.6%)	$1,431 → $1,767 (+23.5%)

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

Westchester

Population

16,44016,524

Median household income

$86,623$103,561

Median home value

$241,100$297,400

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect Heights	Westchester
Under 5	5.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	17.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	19.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.8%
75 and over	7.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect Heights	Westchester
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	35.5%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect Heights	Westchester
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	22.1%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect Heights	Westchester
Drove alone	70.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.9%
Public transit	1.9%	5.8%
Walked	0.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.3%	14.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect Heights	Westchester
1-unit, detached	38.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	21.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Prospect Heights	Westchester
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1976	1957