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Palos township, Cook County, IL

55,552 Population
33.7 square miles 1,646.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,826 ±$2,326 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,101 ±$5,071 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±2.1% (4,796  ±1,142) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.1 minutes ±1.2 (708,660  ±45,309) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,293 ±559 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (54,936  ±62) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±1.6% (525  ±180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,214 (±0.2% / ±2,419)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,576 ±597 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$317,700 ±$8,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±1.6% (4,431  ±862.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±3.8% (35,785  ±1,697.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.2% ±2.4% (13,577  ±985.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 42.7% 1,555,601 (±0.3% / ±10,088.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

23.3% ±2% (12,945  ±1,119) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1% (1,942  ±420) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,942 Total veterans ±420 1,880 Male ±423 62 Female ±43

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