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Highland Park, IL

30,398 Population
12.2 square miles 2,484.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$98,275 ±$7,233 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$168,094 ±$17,851 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • about double the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

4.2% ±1.2% (1,258  ±366) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

27.5 minutes ±1.3 (296,520  ±24,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

11,787 ±400 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.6 ±0.1 (30,083  ±45) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

7.8% ±4.5% (428  ±249) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

12,488 ±439 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$607,300 ±$40,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

12.5% ±2.7% (3,750  ±805.9) 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

97.2% ±3.9% (20,848  ±1,016.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
76.9% ±3.8% (16,488  ±929.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • about double 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

10.5% ±1.6% (3,200  ±490) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

3.1% ±0.6% (722  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
722 Total veterans ±144 648 Male ±134 74 Female ±56

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