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Mount Prospect, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mount Prospect, Illinois (Mount Prospect, IL — Census place “Mount Prospect village”) is 55,648 residents, ranking #24 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $103,911, the median home is worth $377,000 and median gross rent runs $1,454 a month. Looking for the Mount Prospect Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mount Prospect, IL: 60056.

Population
55,648Mount Prospect village residents
Median household income
$103,911Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$377,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,454Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
41.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
70%Owner-occupied households

Mount Prospect ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mount Prospect.

The Mount Prospect IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Mount Prospect village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mount Prospect village median would spend about 16.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6% of residents and 70% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Mount Prospect village, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mount Prospect village is a small city in Illinois, with 55,648 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #24 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 41.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Mount Prospect village earn a median of $103,911 a year, 32.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 40% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mount Prospect village is valued at $377,000, 24.3% above the national figure and 110% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,454 a month, 3.4% above the national figure, or roughly $17,448 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Mount Prospect village?
Mount Prospect village has 55,648 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #24 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Mount Prospect village?
Median household income in Mount Prospect village is $103,911 a year, 32.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mount Prospect village?
Median gross rent is $1,454 a month and the median home value is $377,000, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
Is Mount Prospect village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mount Prospect village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mount Prospect village data?
All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.