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Palatine township, Cook County, IL

111,324 Population
35.7 square miles 3,118.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,958 ±$3,994 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $50,075 ±$784
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$98,841 ±$8,886 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $82,764 ±$1,423
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.7% ±2% (6,356  ±2,237) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 13.8% 702,524 (±0.5% / ±25,787)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.4 minutes ±0.4 (1,280,510  ±49,597) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

47,108 ±2,122 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,124,304 ±7,894
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (110,288  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,093,924 (±0 / ±1,334)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±2.3% (1,050  ±593) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 4.2% 54,153 (±0.3% / ±4,315)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

49,305 ±2,351 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,284,600 ±630
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$378,900 ±$18,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $335,800 ±$3,115
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.2% ±2.6% (10,170  ±2,892.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 11% 567,242 (±0.5% / ±25,113.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.3% ±4.5% (74,679  ±4,501.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.8% 3,259,688 (±0.9% / ±34,280.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
56.5% ±3.4% (45,227  ±3,202.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cook County: 44.3% 1,625,022 (±0.6% / ±22,511.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

27.4% ±3.2% (30,471  ±3,603) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 22.9% 1,185,306
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.8% ±0.8% (2,497  ±750) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 3.1% 126,433 (±0.2% / ±7,021)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,497 Total veterans ±750 2,347 Male ±731 150 Female ±248

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