Highland Park vs Vernon Hills

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

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

Highland Park has the higher population (30,229 vs 26,772 in Vernon Hills). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($161,875 vs $120,625 in Vernon Hills). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($594,400 vs $384,800 in Vernon Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Vernon Hills
Population	30,229	26,772
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$161,875	$120,625
Median home value	$594,400	$384,800
Median gross rent	$1,903	$1,855
Housing units	12,372	11,325
Homeownership rate	83.7%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.1%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Vernon Hills
Population	29,628 → 30,229 (+2.0%)	26,343 → 26,772 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$150,269 → $161,875 (+7.7%)	$104,199 → $120,625 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$584,500 → $594,400 (+1.7%)	$348,900 → $384,800 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,903 (+8.5%)	$1,609 → $1,855 (+15.3%)

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

Vernon Hills

Population

26,34326,772

Median household income

$104,199$120,625

Median home value

$348,900$384,800

Median gross rent

$1,609$1,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Park	Vernon Hills
Under 5	6.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.7%
75 and over	10.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Vernon Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	57.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Vernon Hills
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	7.7%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	37.5%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Vernon Hills
Drove alone	62.2%	63.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.8%
Public transit	6.3%	2.6%
Walked	2.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	25.2%	26.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Vernon Hills
1-unit, detached	74.6%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	9.6%
20 or more units	11.6%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Vernon Hills
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1962	1990