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Thornton township, Cook County, IL

154,236 Population
46.9 square miles 3,288.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$24,396 ±$1,751 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $41,990 ±$613
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $39,794 ±$375
$50,132 ±$3,756 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $72,092 ±$927
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $72,205 ±$574

22% ±4.3% (33,609  ±6,580) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 13.8% 703,587 (±0.5% / ±25,067)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 12.1% 1,498,523 (±0.3% / ±37,209)

30.9 minutes ±1.9 (1,586,825  ±152,861) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 30.1 56,334,912 (±0.2 / ±733,238)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 26.8 129,257,270 (±0.1 / ±1,045,601)

Families

55,735 ±2,828 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,072,143 ±8,684
  • Illinois: 4,991,641 ±12,428
2.7 ±0.1 (152,679  ±574) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.5 5,085,000 (±0 / ±5,639)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,382,348 (±0)

5.4% ±2.5% (1,954  ±899) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,203 (±0.3% / ±4,342)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 147,999 (±0.2% / ±6,878)

Housing

65,059 ±3,434 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,267,931 ±2,282
  • Illinois: 5,440,294 ±583

$136,200 ±$6,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $286,800 ±$2,521
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $231,500 ±$1,606

8.7% ±3% (13,309  ±4,618.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cook County: 11.8% 604,639 (±0.5% / ±24,049.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,448,650 (±0.3% / ±31,174.8)

Social

88.3% ±3.9% (91,913  ±5,373.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 88.3% 3,197,921 (±0.8% / ±28,749)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.2% 7,872,693 (±0.5% / ±42,399.1)
21.1% ±2.4% (21,986  ±2,675.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 41.9% 1,516,510 (±0.5% / ±19,592.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.1% 3,242,579 (±0.3% / ±27,382.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.7% ±1.6% (11,820  ±2,529) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 21.2% 1,094,844 (±0.4% / ±19,009)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,562 (±0.2% / ±23,890)

5.1% ±0.9% (5,844  ±1,101) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 3.3% 133,683 (±0.2% / ±6,024)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5% 496,352 (±0.1% / ±10,780)
5,844 Total veterans ±1,101 5,063 Male ±1,064 781 Female ±493

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