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Thornton township, Cook County, IL

152,054 Population
46.9 square miles 3,242.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 38.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.1 ±0.3

Economics

$28,771 ±$2,477 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $45,578 ±$573
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $43,317 ±$328
$53,209 ±$3,007 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $76,632 ±$975
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $76,708 ±$584

19.6% ±3.8% (29,408  ±5,686) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cook County: 13.6% 682,858 (±0.5% / ±24,119)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.9% 1,469,643 (±0.3% / ±33,705)

31.5 minutes ±1.8 (1,739,410  ±177,061) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 31.6 65,414,088 (±0.3 / ±943,353)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.9 145,167,340 (±0.2 / ±1,228,214)

Families

61,681 ±3,035 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,110,498 ±7,570
  • Illinois: 5,056,360 ±12,532
2.4 ±0.1 (150,461  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,028,897 (±0 / ±1,084)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,306,684

7.9% ±2.6% (2,610  ±888) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 4.6% 58,298 (±0.4% / ±4,710)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 147,198 (±0.2% / ±7,160)

Housing

70,419 ±3,264 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,270,952 ±496
  • Illinois: 5,452,461 ±350

$152,300 ±$6,537 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $301,400 ±$3,568
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $251,600 ±$1,738

10.9% ±2.8% (16,474  ±4,159.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 12.3% 623,095 (±0.5% / ±23,228.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,452,510 (±0.3% / ±33,278.5)

Social

87.8% ±4% (91,187  ±5,434.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 88.2% 3,164,954 (±0.9% / ±30,563.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.4% 7,858,460 (±0.5% / ±44,773)
21.8% ±2.7% (22,639  ±2,950.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 42.4% 1,523,360 (±0.5% / ±18,863.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.7% 3,275,418 (±0.3% / ±27,545.1)

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

7.7% ±1.8% (11,631  ±2,660) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 21.4% 1,091,530
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 14.4% 1,810,100

6.5% ±1.2% (7,522  ±1,397) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Cook County: 3.3% 131,197 (±0.2% / ±6,555)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 475,496 (±0.1% / ±11,735)
7,522 Total veterans ±1,397 6,154 Male ±1,297 1,368 Female ±507

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