A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Hoffman Estates$2,920/mo

Typical home $408K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.30% · or rent about $1,734/mo · Housing →

Mount Prospect$3,180/mo

Typical home $454K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.12% · or rent about $1,502/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Mount Prospect and Hoffman Estates.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Mount Prospect places higher on 12 of 22 IL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Illinois ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B+Hoffman EstatesSafer than 66% of U.S. towns B+Mount ProspectSafer than 69% of U.S. towns

Health

AHoffman EstatesHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns AMount ProspectHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns

9Hoffman Estates

12Mount Prospect

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 665 towns #35#404 Most new homesHousing · 431 towns #367#222 Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #279#39 Shortest commuteGetting around · 862 towns #595#425 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #306#146 Cheapest rentCost of living · 840 towns #742#651 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 862 towns #20#107 Lowest depressionHealth · 861 towns #42#126

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Hoffman Estates’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Hoffman EstatesMount Prospect

Snow a year32″34″

January low14°F 16°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)174d 176d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 59th

Outdoors & history

Hoffman EstatesMount Prospect

Trails35 mi 3 mi

Conserved land5.7%7.6%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 13

Famous people born here—14

Community

Hoffman EstatesMount Prospect

Library hours a week63 hrs 70 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

11 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hoffman EstatesMount Prospect

Hoffman Estates ↔ Mount Prospect11 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Illinois average

Hoffman EstatesMount Prospect

People

Population 51,175Lowest 55,472Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.2%Lowest +5%Highest

Median age 39.2±1.3Lowest about the IL average 41.1±1.3Highest 5% above IL

Mount Prospect and Hoffman Estates are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24%±1.8Highest IL: 21.8% 22.9%±1.8Lowest IL: 21.8%

Hoffman Estates and Mount Prospect are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 15.9%±1.2Lowest IL: 17% 18.7%±1.5Highest IL: 17%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 48.5%Lowest IL: 37.8% 48.6%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±0.7Lowest IL: 6.3% 4.8%±0.8Highest IL: 6.3%

Mount Prospect and Hoffman Estates are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $106,806±$8kHighest 28% above IL $101,720±$6kLowest 22% above IL

Hoffman Estates and Mount Prospect are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $351,900±$8kLowest 34% above IL $397,400±$12kHighest 51% above IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,734±$96Highest 36% above IL $1,502±$64Lowest 18% above IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $8,096Lowest 53% above IL $8,425Highest 59% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.2%±7.5Lowest IL: 47.9% 50.7%±8.6Highest IL: 47.9%

Mount Prospect and Hoffman Estates are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 7.1%Highest IL: 11.8% 6.6%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.2%Highest IL: 67.1% 68.7%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Highest 5 yrs newer than IL 1969Lowest 2 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest about the IL average 26 minLowest 7% below IL

Work from home 18.1%±2.3Lowest IL: 15.9% 19.2%±2.5Highest IL: 15.9%

Mount Prospect and Hoffman Estates are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 4.7%Lowest 6.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72 0.72

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (16%)Chicago (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Mount ProspectFew work in Hoffman Estates

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.7%Lowest 7.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 34.9 miHighest 3.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.7 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 73Highest 29Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 71.0Lowest 119Highest

Illinois average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Hoffman Estates vs Mount Prospect

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Mount Prospect

Mount Prospect places higher on 12 of 22 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

11 miles apart

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