Creve Coeur vs Heritage Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Creve Coeur and Heritage Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Creve Coeur has the higher population (4,572 vs 1,708 in Heritage Lake). Heritage Lake has the higher median household income ($117,422 vs $49,853 in Creve Coeur). Heritage Lake has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $86,500 in Creve Coeur).

Population, income & housing

	Creve Coeur	Heritage Lake
Population	4,572	1,708
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,853	$117,422
Median home value	$86,500	$210,600
Median gross rent	$855	—
Housing units	2,550	609
Homeownership rate	81.9%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creve Coeur	Heritage Lake
Population	5,213 → 4,572 (-12.3%)	1,690 → 1,708 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$49,870 → $49,853 (-0.0%)	$88,523 → $117,422 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $86,500 (+5.0%)	$182,100 → $210,600 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $855 (+37.5%)	—

Creve Coeur

Population

5,2134,572

Median household income

$49,870$49,853

Median home value

$82,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$622$855

Heritage Lake

Population

1,6901,708

Median household income

$88,523$117,422

Median home value

$182,100$210,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creve Coeur	Heritage Lake
Under 5	2.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	18.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	13.7%
75 and over	5.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creve Coeur	Heritage Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creve Coeur	Heritage Lake
No high school diploma	10.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.3%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creve Coeur	Heritage Lake
Drove alone	67.6%	75.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	7.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creve Coeur	Heritage Lake
1-unit, detached	82.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Creve Coeur	Heritage Lake
Poverty rate	9.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1954	1990