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Palos township, Cook County, IL

55,715 Population
33.7 square miles 1,651.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,454 ±$2,605 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cook County: $47,801 ±$321
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$89,734 ±$5,937 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $81,797 ±$639
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

8.5% ±1.8% (4,646  ±960) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 13.3% 680,528 (±0.2% / ±11,732)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

33.5 minutes ±1.3 (730,925  ±42,972) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 31.9 67,472,550 (±0.2 / ±470,105)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

22,035 ±552 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,084,578 ±3,951
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.1 (55,099  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 2.5 5,100,700
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.1% ±1.6% (580  ±190) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 4.7% 60,840 (±0.2% / ±2,288)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

23,532 ±595 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,270,349 ±369
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$301,700 ±$10,634 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cook County: $305,200 ±$2,016
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

9.1% ±1.8% (5,012  ±992.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cook County: 11.9% 610,109 (±0.2% / ±10,504)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.9% ±3.5% (36,636  ±1,597.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.3% 3,207,646 (±0.4% / ±14,574.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
32.6% ±2.2% (13,120  ±919) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 42% 1,523,193 (±0.3% / ±9,672.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

22.5% ±1.7% (12,557  ±969) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 21.4% 1,109,748
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.2% ±0.8% (2,274  ±370) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 3.4% 136,264 (±0.1% / ±2,924)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
2,274 Total veterans ±370 2,173 Male ±355 101 Female ±66

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