Crystal Lawns vs Preston Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal Lawns and Preston Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Crystal Lawns and Preston Heights are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Preston Heights has the higher population (2,318 vs 1,965 in Crystal Lawns). Crystal Lawns has the higher median household income ($109,415 vs $51,970 in Preston Heights). Crystal Lawns has the higher median home value ($234,600 vs $141,400 in Preston Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lawns	Preston Heights
Population	1,965	2,318
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,415	$51,970
Median home value	$234,600	$141,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,232
Housing units	761	1,025
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lawns	Preston Heights
Population	1,815 → 1,965 (+8.3%)	2,651 → 2,318 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$82,105 → $109,415 (+33.3%)	$49,196 → $51,970 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$166,600 → $234,600 (+40.8%)	$99,900 → $141,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,671 (+23.0%)	$988 → $1,232 (+24.7%)

Crystal Lawns

Population

1,8151,965

Median household income

$82,105$109,415

Median home value

$166,600$234,600

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,671

Preston Heights

Population

2,6512,318

Median household income

$49,196$51,970

Median home value

$99,900$141,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Preston Heights
Under 5	2.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	20.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.8%
75 and over	6.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Preston Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	21.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lawns	Preston Heights
No high school diploma	6.7%	20.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Preston Heights
Drove alone	87.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	14.5%
Public transit	4.9%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Preston Heights
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lawns	Preston Heights
Poverty rate	5.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1964	1966