Grandwood Park vs Highwood

A side-by-side comparison of Grandwood Park and Highwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grandwood Park has the higher population (5,311 vs 5,243 in Highwood). Grandwood Park has the higher median household income ($124,847 vs $101,862 in Highwood). Highwood has the higher median home value ($454,500 vs $313,000 in Grandwood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Grandwood Park	Highwood
Population	5,311	5,243
Median age	42.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$124,847	$101,862
Median home value	$313,000	$454,500
Median gross rent	$1,797	$1,800
Housing units	2,135	1,969
Homeownership rate	86.8%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandwood Park	Highwood
Population	5,170 → 5,311 (+2.7%)	5,310 → 5,243 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$117,989 → $124,847 (+5.8%)	$63,388 → $101,862 (+60.7%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $313,000 (+37.0%)	$354,800 → $454,500 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,504 → $1,797 (+19.5%)	$1,287 → $1,800 (+39.9%)

Grandwood Park

Population

5,1705,311

Median household income

$117,989$124,847

Median home value

$228,500$313,000

Median gross rent

$1,504$1,797

Highwood

Population

5,3105,243

Median household income

$63,388$101,862

Median home value

$354,800$454,500

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grandwood Park	Highwood
Under 5	3.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	18.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	10.3%
75 and over	5.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandwood Park	Highwood
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	53.1%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	40.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandwood Park	Highwood
No high school diploma	3.5%	20.5%
High school graduate	14.2%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandwood Park	Highwood
Drove alone	72.9%	62.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	17.7%
Public transit	0.6%	4.6%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	13.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandwood Park	Highwood
1-unit, detached	86.4%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	23.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	14.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Grandwood Park	Highwood
Poverty rate	2.1%	15.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1991	1958