Highland Park vs Mundelein

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

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

Mundelein has the higher population (31,632 vs 30,229 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($161,875 vs $107,608 in Mundelein). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($594,400 vs $285,600 in Mundelein).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Mundelein
Population	30,229	31,632
Median age	46.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$161,875	$107,608
Median home value	$594,400	$285,600
Median gross rent	$1,903	$1,564
Housing units	12,372	11,892
Homeownership rate	83.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.1%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Mundelein
Population	29,628 → 30,229 (+2.0%)	31,587 → 31,632 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$150,269 → $161,875 (+7.7%)	$93,027 → $107,608 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$584,500 → $594,400 (+1.7%)	$237,500 → $285,600 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,903 (+8.5%)	$1,418 → $1,564 (+10.3%)

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

Mundelein

Population

31,58731,632

Median household income

$93,027$107,608

Median home value

$237,500$285,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Park	Mundelein
Under 5	6.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.5%
75 and over	10.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Mundelein
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	49.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Mundelein
No high school diploma	2.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	7.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	37.5%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Mundelein
Drove alone	62.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.0%
Public transit	6.3%	1.6%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.2%	16.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Mundelein
1-unit, detached	74.6%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	11.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Mundelein
Poverty rate	3.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1962	1984