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Thornton township, Cook County, IL

150,535 Population
46.9 square miles 3,209.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cook County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,197 ±$1,953 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $48,074 ±$722
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$54,474 ±$6,274 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $80,579 ±$1,072
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

17.4% ±3.6% (25,996  ±5,388) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cook County: 13.3% 664,755 (±0.5% / ±26,734)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

33 minutes ±1.3 (1,977,395  ±100,776) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 32.3 70,662,330 (±0.1 / ±452,226)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

56,447 ±3,270 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,117,084 ±8,830
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.6 ±0.2 (148,703  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,003,661 (±0 / ±1,018)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 † 12,271,503 (±,109.6 / ±-555,555,600)

3.1% ±2.1% (1,124  ±765) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cook County: 4.3% 54,358 (±0.4% / ±4,462)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

65,744 ±3,529 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,280,886 ±467
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$157,400 ±$6,561 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $313,700 ±$3,917
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

8% ±2.1% (11,983  ±3,096) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cook County: 12% 603,565 (±0.5% / ±24,067.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

88.9% ±4% (86,801  ±6,020.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,182,000 (±0.9% / ±32,283.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
24.1% ±2.9% (23,489  ±3,126.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 43.6% 1,567,766 (±0.6% / ±21,796.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

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

9.4% ±2.4% (14,131  ±3,563) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 22.2% † 1,130,960 (±2,428% / ±23,493)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 15% † 1,878,890 (±,662.8% / ±26,918)

4.2% ±1.1% (4,722  ±1,258) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cook County: 3.1% 123,691 (±0.2% / ±6,275)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
4,722 Total veterans ±1,258 4,127 Male ±1,241 595 Female ±395

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