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Harvey, IL

20,230 Population
6.2 square miles 3,259.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$24,272 ±$2,322 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$42,429 ±$5,339 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

22.6% ±5.4% (4,510  ±1,089) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

30.1 minutes ±1.7 (224,220  ±25,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

7,512 ±562 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.7 ±0.2 (19,929  ±750) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

5.6% ±3.7% (292  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

9,857 ±560 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$88,100 ±$8,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

12.5% ±3.6% (2,523  ±734.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.9% 1,009,281 (±0.1% / ±13,353.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

77.2% ±4.2% (10,440  ±895.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
10.9% ±2.5% (1,470  ±357.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

21.9% ±4.3% (4,429  ±886) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

4.4% ±1.2% (674  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
674 Total veterans ±193 601 Male ±179 73 Female ±76

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