Population (year 2000): 17,081
Est. population in July 2002: 16,975 (-0.6% change)
Males: 8,692 (50.9%)
Females: 8,389 (49.1%)
Elevation: 668 feet
County: Cook
Land area: 4.3 square miles
Zip code: 60070
Median resident age: 34.6 years
Median household income: $55,641 (year 2000)
Median house value: $243,300 (year 2000)
- Nearest city with pop. 50,000+:
- Mount Prospect, IL (2.8 miles, pop. 56,265).
- Nearest city with pop. 200,000+:
- Chicago, IL (25.1 miles, pop. 2,896,016).
- Nearest cities:
- Wheeling, IL (1.8 miles), Mount Prospect, IL (2.8 miles), Arlington Heights, IL (3.7 miles), Buffalo Grove, IL (4.8 miles), Riverwoods, IL (5.0 miles), Des Plaines, IL (5.3 miles), Northbrook, IL (6.2 miles), Lincolnshire, IL (6.3 miles).
- Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2000: 3 buildings, average cost: $303,300
- 2001: 5 buildings, average cost: $263,000
- 2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $300,100
- 2003: 11 buildings, average cost: $325,000
- Industries providing employment:
- Manufacturing (23.4%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (14.8%), Educational,health and social services (12.2%).
- 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 Prospect Heights:
- Current list with links click here
- Prospect Heights 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.
