Ingalls Park vs Preston Heights

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

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

Ingalls Park has the higher population (2,970 vs 2,318 in Preston Heights). Ingalls Park has the higher median household income ($55,268 vs $51,970 in Preston Heights). Ingalls Park has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $141,400 in Preston Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ingalls Park	Preston Heights
Population	2,970	2,318
Median age	34.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,268	$51,970
Median home value	$143,800	$141,400
Median gross rent	$1,321	$1,232
Housing units	1,229	1,025
Homeownership rate	75.6%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ingalls Park	Preston Heights
Population	3,171 → 2,970 (-6.3%)	2,651 → 2,318 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$46,091 → $55,268 (+19.9%)	$49,196 → $51,970 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $143,800 (+37.3%)	$99,900 → $141,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,321 (+40.2%)	$988 → $1,232 (+24.7%)

Ingalls Park

Population

3,1712,970

Median household income

$46,091$55,268

Median home value

$104,700$143,800

Median gross rent

$942$1,321

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)

	Ingalls Park	Preston Heights
Under 5	4.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	11.6%
25 to 34	21.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.8%
75 and over	3.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ingalls Park	Preston Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	21.5%
Black or African American	12.2%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ingalls Park	Preston Heights
No high school diploma	12.4%	20.4%
High school graduate	47.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ingalls Park	Preston Heights
Drove alone	69.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	14.5%
Public transit	3.8%	1.1%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.9%	7.3%
Other means	4.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ingalls Park	Preston Heights
1-unit, detached	88.5%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Ingalls Park	Preston Heights
Poverty rate	9.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1952	1966