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Thornton township, Cook County, IL

152,748 Population
46.9 square miles 3,257.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$29,196 ±$2,800 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $50,075 ±$784
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
$55,571 ±$5,199 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $82,764 ±$1,423
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898

21.7% ±4.7% (32,635  ±7,061) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 13.8% 702,524 (±0.5% / ±25,787)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)

33.2 minutes ±1.4 (1,881,265  ±172,232) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 32.1 70,708,590 (±0.2 / ±991,615)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)

Families

61,215 ±3,723 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,124,304 ±7,894
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
2.5 ±0.2 (150,913  ±68) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,093,924 (±0 / ±1,334)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746

6.9% ±3.4% (2,373  ±1,173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 4.2% 54,153 (±0.3% / ±4,315)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)

Housing

70,895 ±3,845 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,284,600 ±630
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080

$167,900 ±$8,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $335,800 ±$3,115
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768

9% ±3.2% (13,589  ±4,810.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 11% 567,242 (±0.5% / ±25,113.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)

Social

91.9% ±3.7% (97,838  ±6,056.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.8% 3,259,688 (±0.9% / ±34,280.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
22.9% ±2.5% (24,355  ±2,846.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 44.3% 1,625,022 (±0.6% / ±22,511.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)

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

7.6% ±1.6% (11,629  ±2,465) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 22.9% 1,185,306
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482

5% ±1.2% (5,796  ±1,436) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 3.1% 126,433 (±0.2% / ±7,021)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
5,796 Total veterans ±1,436 5,522 Male ±1,442 274 Female ±335

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