What percentage of people rent in Prospect Heights, IL?

Name: Renters and owners in Prospect Heights, IL, 2020–2024
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33.2% (±5.8 points) of the occupied homes in Prospect Heights, IL are rented (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

That is 2,220 renting households against 4,459 that own their home.

In Prospect Heights, the share of households that rent went from 32.4% in 2015–2019 to 33.2% in 2020–2024 (+0.8 percentage points), not a measurable change.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Households that rent: 33.2% (±5.8 points)
Renting households: 2,220 (±402)
Median renter income: $77,545 (±$16,945)

Who rents and who owns in Prospect Heights

Tenure, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Prospect Heights	Cook County	Illinois	United States
Renter-occupied share	33.2% (±5.8 points)	42.3% (±0.3 points)	32.9% (±0.2 points)	34.8%
Renting households	2,220 (±402)	887,660 (±6,720)	1,657,539 (±10,322)	45,017,354
Owning households	4,459 (±497)	1,212,570 (±7,287)	3,378,910 (±14,728)	84,210,142
Average renter household size	2.4 (±0.3)	2.1 (±0.0)	2.2 (±0.0)	2.3
Average owner household size	2.3 (±0.2)	2.6 (±0.0)	2.6 (±0.0)	2.6
Median renter household income	$77,545 (±$16,945)	$55,388 (±$886)	$50,420 (±$471)	$52,966
Median owner household income	$98,036 (±$24,169)	$108,804 (±$833)	$103,505 (±$377)	$100,009

In Prospect Heights, the renter share is lower than in Cook County (42.3%).

It is not measurably different from Illinois (32.9%).

It is not measurably different from the national figure (34.8%).

In Cook County, Prospect Heights ranks 51 of 148 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest renter share.

Statewide, it ranks 365 of 2,751.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How renting in Prospect Heights has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	32.4% (±3.7 points)	33.2% (±5.8 points)	+0.8 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Median gross rent	$1,099 (±$69)	$1,475 (±$161)	+34.2%	No measurable change after inflation
Median household income	$73,084 (±$6,460)	$85,008 (±$9,056)	+16.3%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Households that rent in places near Prospect Heights

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Prospect Heights
Place	Distance	Households that rent	Compared with this place
Prospect Heights	—	33.2% (±5.8 points)	—
Wheeling Township	0.9 mi	23.8% (±1.5 points)	Lower
Wheeling	1.8 mi	37.3% (±3.4 points)	Not measurably different
Arlington Heights	2.7 mi	26.0% (±2.0 points)	Lower
Mount Prospect	2.8 mi	31.3% (±2.3 points)	Not measurably different
Buffalo Grove	4.6 mi	20.2% (±2.4 points)	Lower
Northfield Township	4.8 mi	20.9% (±1.8 points)	Lower
Des Plaines	5.0 mi	21.7% (±2.1 points)	Lower
Riverwoods	5.1 mi	6.7% (±5.8 points)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Wheeling Township, IL (23.8%), Arlington Heights, IL (26.0%), Buffalo Grove, IL (20.2%).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Households that rent across Cook County, place by place

Rank	Place	Households that rent
45	Leyden Township	34.5% (±2.1 points)
46	Bridgeview	34.4% (±6.3 points)
47	Park Forest	34.2% (±5.2 points)
48	Dixmoor	33.9% (±14.6 points)
49	Phoenix	33.6% (±10.7 points)
50	McCook	33.3% (±19.5 points)
51	Prospect Heights	33.2% (±5.8 points)
52	Posen	32.9% (±9.8 points)
53	North Riverside	32.7% (±7.9 points)
54	Palatine	32.6% (±2.2 points)
55	Palatine Township	31.5% (±1.6 points)
56	Mount Prospect	31.3% (±2.3 points)
57 (tie)	Proviso Township	30.7% (±1.5 points)

Showing 13 of 148 places in Cook County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Prospect Heights

How many renters are there in Prospect Heights?

Prospect Heights has an estimated 2,220 (±402) renting households, 33.2% of its occupied homes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is renting growing in Prospect Heights?

In Prospect Heights, the share of households that rent went from 32.4% in 2015–2019 to 33.2% in 2020–2024 (+0.8 percentage points), not a measurable change.

How big are renting households in Prospect Heights?

A renting household in Prospect Heights has 2.4 people on average, against 2.3 in an owned home.

How much do renters earn in Prospect Heights?

The median renting household in Prospect Heights, IL has an income of $77,545 (±$16,945) a year, against $98,036 for households that own their home.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for Prospect Heights city, Illinois (place:62016, in state:17).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, B25064_001E, B25064_001M, B19013_001E, B19013_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0047E, DP04_0047M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0049E, DP04_0049M, DP04_0048E, DP04_0048M, B25119_003E, B25119_003M, B25119_002E, B25119_002M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.