Buffalo Grove vs Highland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo Grove and Highland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buffalo Grove has the higher population (42,824 vs 30,229 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($161,875 vs $129,820 in Buffalo Grove). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($594,400 vs $392,900 in Buffalo Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Grove	Highland Park
Population	42,824	30,229
Median age	42.1 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,820	$161,875
Median home value	$392,900	$594,400
Median gross rent	$2,042	$1,903
Housing units	16,567	12,372
Homeownership rate	81.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Grove	Highland Park
Population	41,062 → 42,824 (+4.3%)	29,628 → 30,229 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$115,951 → $129,820 (+12.0%)	$150,269 → $161,875 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $392,900 (+18.2%)	$584,500 → $594,400 (+1.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $2,042 (+24.3%)	$1,754 → $1,903 (+8.5%)

Buffalo Grove

Population

41,06242,824

Median household income

$115,951$129,820

Median home value

$332,300$392,900

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,042

Highland Park

Population

29,62830,229

Median household income

$150,269$161,875

Median home value

$584,500$594,400

Median gross rent

$1,754$1,903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Highland Park
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.0%
75 and over	5.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	79.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	28.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Grove	Highland Park
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	10.0%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	38.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	37.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Highland Park
Drove alone	62.1%	62.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.7%
Public transit	3.2%	6.3%
Walked	0.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.5%	25.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	53.9%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	14.3%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Grove	Highland Park
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1982	1962