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Dolton School District 148, IL

18,198 Population
4.8 square miles 3,796.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cook County: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,368 ±$3,055 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $47,801 ±$321
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$53,548 ±$3,192 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $81,797 ±$639
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

28% ±5.6% (5,042  ±1,044) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Cook County: 13.3% 680,528 (±0.2% / ±11,732)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

35.2 minutes ±7.1 (232,495  ±32,781) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 31.9 67,472,550 (±0.2 / ±470,105)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

6,892 ±557 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,084,578 ±3,951
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.6 ±0.3 (18,164  ±951) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.5 5,100,700
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6% ±2.5% (282  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cook County: 4.7% 60,840 (±0.2% / ±2,288)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

8,617 ±562 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,270,349 ±369
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$118,300 ±$8,343 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $305,200 ±$2,016
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11.5% ±4.3% (2,066  ±785.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Cook County: 11.9% 610,109 (±0.2% / ±10,504)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

91.5% ±11.4% (10,579  ±914.7) 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)
20.6% ±3.3% (2,376  ±435.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 42% 1,523,193 (±0.3% / ±9,672.7)
  • about half 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

1.9% ±1% (341  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Cook County: 21.4% 1,109,748
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

3.6% ±1.4% (465  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 3.4% 136,264 (±0.1% / ±2,924)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
465 Total veterans ±181 385 Male ±166 80 Female ±71

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