Population (year 2000): 56,265,
Est. population in July 2002: 56,098 (-0.3% change)
Males: 27,972 (49.7%),
Females: 28,293 (50.3%)
Elevation: 665 feet
County: Cook
Land area: 10.2 square miles
Zip code: 60056
Median resident age: 37.2 years
Median household income: $57,165 (year 2000)
Median house value: $217,700 (year 2000)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Chicago, IL (23.5 miles, pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities: Prospect Heights, IL (2.8 miles), Des Plaines, IL (3.3 miles), Arlington Heights, IL (3.7 miles), Wheeling, IL (4.6 miles), Elk Grove Village, IL (6.0 miles), Rolling Meadows, IL (6.2 miles), Buffalo Grove, IL (7.2 miles).
- Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2000: 8 buildings, average cost: $272,500
- 2001: 8 buildings, average cost: $315,000
- 2002: 43 buildings, average cost: $119,200
- 2003: 17 buildings, average cost: $246,300
- Suburban Hospitals:
- Current list including links click here
- Airports:
- O’Hare (Chicago, IL; Airport ID: ORD)
- Midway International (Chicago, IL; Airport ID: MDW)
- Palwaukee Municipal (Prospect Heights, IL; Airport ID: PWK)
- Schaumburg Regional Airport(Schaumburg, IL; Airport ID: 4H1)
- Campbell Airport (Grayslake, IL; Airport ID: C81)
- Chicagoland Colleges
- Current list with links click here
- Public schools in Mount Prospect:
- Current list with links click here
- Mount Prospect compared to Illinois state average:
- Median household income above state average.
- Median house value significantly above state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor’s degree or higher above state average.
