Highwood vs Kildeer

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

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

Highwood has the higher population (5,243 vs 4,189 in Kildeer). Kildeer has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $101,862 in Highwood). Kildeer has the higher median home value ($697,900 vs $454,500 in Highwood).

Population, income & housing

	Highwood	Kildeer
Population	5,243	4,189
Median age	35.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,862	$250,001
Median home value	$454,500	$697,900
Median gross rent	$1,800	—
Housing units	1,969	1,451
Homeownership rate	49.0%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	78.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highwood	Kildeer
Population	5,310 → 5,243 (-1.3%)	4,024 → 4,189 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$63,388 → $101,862 (+60.7%)	$211,063 → $250,001 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$354,800 → $454,500 (+28.1%)	$631,500 → $697,900 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,800 (+39.9%)	—

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

Kildeer

Population

4,0244,189

Median household income

$211,063$250,001

Median home value

$631,500$697,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highwood	Kildeer
Under 5	4.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	22.3%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	4.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.6%
75 and over	5.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highwood	Kildeer
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	70.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	22.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highwood	Kildeer
No high school diploma	20.5%	0.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	41.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highwood	Kildeer
Drove alone	62.9%	52.8%
Carpooled	17.7%	4.0%
Public transit	4.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	37.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highwood	Kildeer
1-unit, detached	43.8%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highwood	Kildeer
Poverty rate	15.8%	1.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1958	1991