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Census Tract 8212, Cook, IL

5,296 Population
1.1 square miles 4,660.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Blue Island: 38.1 ±2.4
  • a little less than the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$28,462 ±$4,935 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Blue Island: $28,709 ±$2,567
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
$39,594 ±$20,979 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Blue Island: $59,489 † ±$8,134
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630

15.8% ±12% (831  ±642) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Blue Island: 17.1% † 3,706 (±4.9% / ±1,056)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)

34.7 minutes ±5.8 (71,820  ±18,903) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Blue Island: 29 249,485 (±2.5 / ±29,714)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)

Families

2,590 ±292 Number of households
  • Blue Island: 8,464 ±544
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
2 ±0.1 (5,291  ±697) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Blue Island: 2.6 21,668 (±0.2 / ±523)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,665 ±282 Number of housing units
  • Blue Island: 8,997 ±540
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389

$208,000 ±$30,336 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Blue Island: $178,700 ±$13,106
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460

8% ±4% (424  ±220.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Blue Island: 5.7% † 1,242 (±2% / ±423.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)

Social

80.6% ±13.6% (3,508  ±716.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Blue Island: 80.7% 12,340 (±6% / ±1,062)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
26.1% ±9.2% (1,135  ±421.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Blue Island: 20.7% † 3,157 (±3.4% / ±543.1)
  • about three-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

20.1% ±9.6% (1,064  ±529) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Blue Island: 22% † 4,774 (±3.2% / ±701)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068

5.3% ±3.6% (251  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Blue Island: 4% † 684 (±1.4% / ±245)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
251 Total veterans ±175 203 Male ±167 48 Female ±57

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