Highwood vs Lake Bluff

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

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

Lake Bluff has the higher population (5,834 vs 5,243 in Highwood). Lake Bluff has the higher median household income ($205,735 vs $101,862 in Highwood). Lake Bluff has the higher median home value ($739,400 vs $454,500 in Highwood).

Population, income & housing

	Highwood	Lake Bluff
Population	5,243	5,834
Median age	35.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,862	$205,735
Median home value	$454,500	$739,400
Median gross rent	$1,800	$1,826
Housing units	1,969	2,301
Homeownership rate	49.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	81.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highwood	Lake Bluff
Population	5,310 → 5,243 (-1.3%)	5,632 → 5,834 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$63,388 → $101,862 (+60.7%)	$164,421 → $205,735 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$354,800 → $454,500 (+28.1%)	$642,700 → $739,400 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,800 (+39.9%)	$2,146 → $1,826 (-14.9%)

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

Lake Bluff

Population

5,6325,834

Median household income

$164,421$205,735

Median home value

$642,700$739,400

Median gross rent

$2,146$1,826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highwood	Lake Bluff
Under 5	4.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.8%
75 and over	5.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highwood	Lake Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	82.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highwood	Lake Bluff
No high school diploma	20.5%	0.7%
High school graduate	18.7%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highwood	Lake Bluff
Drove alone	62.9%	51.9%
Carpooled	17.7%	7.0%
Public transit	4.6%	6.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.8%	31.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highwood	Lake Bluff
1-unit, detached	43.8%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highwood	Lake Bluff
Poverty rate	15.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1958	1977