Mount Prospect

Population & Demographics

Mount Prospect, IL

Mount Prospect is home to 55,472 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 27,918 resident workers commute each day.

IllinoisCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
55,472
people
Population

55,472 residents

Median age 41.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Mount Prospect population & demographics

Who lives in Mount Prospect — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
55,472
Median age
41.1yrs
Median household income
$101,720
Median home value
$397,400
Median gross rent
$1,502/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
48.5%
Poverty rate
6.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Mount Prospect

How Mount Prospect breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White61.0%
Hispanic or Latino18.1%
Asian15.4%
Two or more races2.5%
Black2.5%
Some other race0.5%

Race across Mount Prospect

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Mount Prospect.

Mount Prospect at a glance
Employed Residents
27,918
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
7.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Chicago
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Mount Prospect proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Mount Prospect commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

55 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Mount Prospect

27,918 commutes, one dot at a time

Mount Prospect

Where 27,918 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Mount Prospect, by worker count.

1Chicago19.7 mi4,936
2Mount Prospect0.0 mi1,949
3Arlington Heights3.0 mi1,643
4Des Plaines2.9 mi1,200
5Schaumburg8.2 mi1,029
6Elk Grove Village5.1 mi959
7Glenview6.1 mi735
8Wheeling4.7 mi565

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Mount Prospect.

1Chicago19.7 mi2,521
2Mount Prospect0.0 mi1,949
3Arlington Heights3.0 mi1,053
4Des Plaines2.9 mi868
5Palatine6.5 mi530
6Schaumburg8.2 mi463
7Wheeling4.7 mi384
8Hoffman Estates10.0 mi327

Top industries

The sectors that employ Mount Prospect’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade14.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services12.1%
MFManufacturing11.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.4%
EDEducational Services6.5%
WSWholesale Trade6.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance5.3%
COConstruction5.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Mount Prospect

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps88%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Mount Prospect

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