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%

Mount Prospect$3,180/mo

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

Hoffman Estates$2,920/mo

Typical home $408K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.30% · or rent about $1,734/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+Mount ProspectSafer than 69% of U.S. towns B+Hoffman EstatesSafer than 66% of U.S. towns

Health

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

12Mount Prospect

9Hoffman Estates

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

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

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Mount Prospect’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

Mount ProspectHoffman Estates

Snow a year34″32″

January low16°F 14°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)176d 174d

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

Outdoors & history

Mount ProspectHoffman Estates

Trails3 mi 35 mi

Conserved land7.6%5.7%

National Register places—1

Archive photos13 6

Famous people born here14 —

Community

Mount ProspectHoffman Estates

Library hours a week70 hrs 63 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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.

Mount ProspectHoffman Estates

Mount Prospect ↔ Hoffman Estates11 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

Mount ProspectHoffman Estates

People

Population 55,472Highest 51,175Lowest

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

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

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 22.9%±1.8Lowest IL: 21.8% 24%±1.8Highest 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+ 18.7%±1.5Highest IL: 17% 15.9%±1.2Lowest IL: 17%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.8%±0.8Highest IL: 6.3% 4.4%±0.7Lowest 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 $101,720±$6kLowest 22% above IL $106,806±$8kHighest 28% 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 $397,400±$12kHighest 51% above IL $351,900±$8kLowest 34% above IL

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.7%±8.6Highest IL: 47.9% 49.2%±7.5Lowest 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 6.6%Lowest IL: 11.8% 7.1%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 19.2%±2.5Highest IL: 15.9% 18.1%±2.3Lowest 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 6.8%Highest 4.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72 0.72

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Hoffman EstatesFew work in Mount Prospect

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.6%Highest 5.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.0 miLowest 34.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 29Lowest 73Highest

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

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.

Mount Prospect vs Hoffman Estates

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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