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Census Tract 8281, Cook, IL

5,051 Population
0.9 square miles 5,554.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lansing: 40.1 ±2.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,597 ±$4,433 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lansing: $33,832 ±$2,015
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $47,801 ±$321
$64,782 ±$16,963 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lansing: $71,805 ±$5,776
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cook County: $81,797 ±$639

24.2% ±11.9% (1,223  ±627) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lansing: 16% † 4,523 (±4.5% / ±1,278)
  • nearly double the rate in Cook County: 13.3% 680,528 (±0.2% / ±11,732)

27.5 minutes ±1.5 (48,165  ±13,057) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lansing: 32.8 391,360 (±3.1 / ±47,010)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 31.9 67,472,550 (±0.2 / ±470,105)

Families

2,021 ±290 Number of households
  • Lansing: 11,154 ±502
  • Cook County: 2,084,578 ±3,951
2.5 ±0.1 (5,051  ±750) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lansing: 2.5 28,272 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 2.5 5,100,700

1.5% ±2.8% (19  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lansing: 3.7% † 229 (±1.8% / ±111)
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 4.7% 60,840 (±0.2% / ±2,288)

Housing

2,188 ±310 Number of housing units
  • Lansing: 12,081 ±601
  • Cook County: 2,270,349 ±369

$169,100 ±$13,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lansing: $168,500 ±$7,321
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $305,200 ±$2,016

21.4% ±16.1% (1,079  ±828.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Lansing: 10.7% † 3,025 (±3.4% / ±952.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 11.9% 610,109 (±0.2% / ±10,504)

Social

94.4% ±9.8% (3,285  ±543.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lansing: 92.9% 18,340 (±6% / ±1,366.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.3% 3,207,646 (±0.4% / ±14,574.9)
24.7% ±6.8% (858  ±260) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lansing: 27.7% † 5,465 (±3.2% / ±670.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 42% 1,523,193 (±0.3% / ±9,672.7)

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

10.8% ±5.7% (546  ±298) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lansing: 9.9% † 2,808 (±2.8% / ±805)
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 21.4% 1,109,748

5.9% ±3% (220  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lansing: 6.8% † 1,462 (±1.7% / ±374)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 3.4% 136,264 (±0.1% / ±2,924)
220 Total veterans ±114 220 Male ±114 N/A Female ±17

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