Demographics of Mount Prospect village, Illinois

Mount Prospect village, Illinois had 55,395 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −1,304 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Mount Prospect village, in four figures

55,395
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 55,472 ±98.; −2.3%
Change since July 2020: −1,304 people.; 41.1 ±1.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $101,720 ±$5,626
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Mount Prospect village, Illinois's population shrank 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Mount Prospect village, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Mount Prospect village, Illinois's population shrank 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Mount Prospect village, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	56,699	100.0	100.0
2021	55,660	98.2	100.2
2022	54,890	96.8	100.7
2023	54,772	96.6	101.6
2024	55,490	97.9	102.5
2025	55,395	97.7	103.1

Population of Mount Prospect village, Illinois on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	56,699	—
2021	55,660	−1,039
2022	54,890	−770
2023	54,772	−118
2024	55,490	+718
2025	55,395	−95

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.1 ±1.3: for men 39.9 ±1.8 and for women 41.8 ±2.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Mount Prospect village by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Under 5	3,081 ±464	5.6% ±0.8	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	9,624 ±886	17.3% ±1.6	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,248 ±524	5.9% ±0.9	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	14,961 ±1,023	27.0% ±1.8	26.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	14,187 ±995	25.6% ±1.8	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	10,371 ±850	18.7% ±1.5	17.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $101,720 ±$5,626, and income per person $48,661 ±$2,289, in 2024 dollars. The median is $83,390 ±$362 in Illinois and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Mount Prospect village by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Illinois	United States
Under $25,000	2,458 ±460	11.4% ±2.1	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,225 ±552	14.9% ±2.5	16.0% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,504 ±414	11.6% ±1.9	14.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,375 ±436	11.0% ±2.0	12.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	4,223 ±504	19.6% ±2.2	18.0% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	3,358 ±518	15.5% ±2.3	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	3,457 ±356	16.0% ±1.6	13.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Mount Prospect village by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Illinois	United States
All ages	3,629 ±800	6.6% ±1.5	11.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	747 ±367	6.1% ±2.9	15.1% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,761 ±511	6.2% ±1.8	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,121 ±238	7.9% ±1.6	10.6% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Mount Prospect village, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mount Prospect village	Illinois	United States
Housing units	22,526 ±717	5,457,452 ±471	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.9% ±0.5	92.3% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.1% ±1.2	7.7% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	68.7% ±2.0	67.1% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	31.3% ±2.5	32.9% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$397,400 ±$11,745	$263,300 ±$797	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,502 ±$64	$1,274 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1969 ±2	1971 ±2	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Mount Prospect village by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Hispanic or Latino	10,037 ±1,615	18.1% ±2.9	18.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	33,854 ±1,759	61.0% ±3.2	58.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	656 to 2,078	1.2% to 3.7%	13.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	8,554 ±1,261	15.4% ±2.3	5.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 30	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 30	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	2 to 554	< 0.1% to 1.0%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,382 ±377	2.5% ±0.7	3.4% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Mount Prospect village by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Born in the state	33,195 ±1,129	59.8% ±2.0	66.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,437 ±790	9.8% ±1.4	17.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	407 ±175	0.7% ±0.3	1.3% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	16,433 ±1,135	29.6% ±2.0	14.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	9,556 ±860	17.2% ±1.6	7.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	6,877 ±959	12.4% ±1.7	7.0% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Mount Prospect village among the places of Illinois

24th of 337 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Illinois page.

Places of Illinois near Mount Prospect village in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Skokie village	66,219 ±46
Des Plaines city	59,156 ±278
Orland Park village	57,916 ±457
Oak Lawn village	56,861 ±39
Berwyn city	55,595 ±41
Mount Prospect village	55,472 ±98
Tinley Park village	54,842 ±69
Normal town	53,569 ±575
Wheaton city	53,557 ±55
Oak Park village	53,292 ±49
Hoffman Estates village	51,175 ±485

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Mount Prospect village, Illinois

Rankings this appears in

No. 20 Places in Illinois by foreign-born share
No. 36 Places in Illinois by median age
No. 43 Places in Illinois by median home value
No. 48 Places in Illinois by median rent
No. 57 Places in Illinois by median household income
No. 63 Places in Illinois by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026