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Census Tract 5501, Cook, IL

6,161 Population
2.8 square miles 2,219.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chicago: 35.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$32,890 ±$4,908 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chicago: $50,086 ±$581
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
$54,605 ±$19,804 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chicago: $77,902 ±$907
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630

11.4% ±4.4% (705  ±301) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chicago: 16.8% 447,385 (±0.4% / ±11,057)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)

37.8 minutes ±7.8 (87,840  ±31,295) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chicago: 33.1 35,652,716 (±0.2 / ±360,743)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)

Families

2,688 ±438 Number of households
  • Chicago: 1,160,205 ±3,944
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
2.3 ±0.2 (6,155  ±1,098) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chicago: 2.3 2,657,884 (±0 / ±458)
  • a little less than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189

3.8% ±7.6% (47  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chicago: 4.2% 31,151 (±0.3% / ±1,944)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,214 (±0.2% / ±2,419)

Housing

3,186 ±409 Number of housing units
  • Chicago: 1,277,054 ±3,651
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389

$203,800 ±$25,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chicago: $334,100 ±$2,424
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460

7.1% ±4.1% (439  ±261.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chicago: 14% 375,475 (±0.3% / ±8,292.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)

Social

87.5% ±6.3% (3,698  ±633.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chicago: 87.2% 1,678,643 (±0.6% / ±11,454.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
15.8% ±4.2% (666  ±206) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Chicago: 44.3% 853,484 (±0.4% / ±7,810.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 42.7% 1,555,601 (±0.3% / ±10,088.6)

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

14.3% ±5.9% (879  ±395) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chicago: 20.9% 566,883 (±0.3% / ±7,118)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068

3.9% ±2.5% (181  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chicago: 2.8% 60,766 (±0.1% / ±2,400)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
181 Total veterans ±122 181 Male ±122 N/A Female ±18

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