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Census Tract 8253.02, Cook, IL

5,337 Population
2.3 square miles 2,367.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Oak Forest: 40.5 ±2.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$50,852 ±$5,237 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oak Forest: $43,191 ±$3,334
  • a little higher than the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
$123,750 ±$25,796 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Oak Forest: $91,990 ±$8,482
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630

7.3% ±4.4% (392  ±238) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oak Forest: 6.5% † 1,745 (±2.2% / ±593)
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)

36.2 minutes ±13.4 (85,480  ±21,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oak Forest: 31.8 391,665 (±0.9 / ±29,363)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)

Families

2,093 ±219 Number of households
  • Oak Forest: 10,355 ±447
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
2.5 ±0.2 (5,326  ±722) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oak Forest: 2.6 26,749 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189

1.7% ±2.5% (28  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oak Forest: 3% † 185 (±1.7% / ±106)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,214 (±0.2% / ±2,419)

Housing

2,350 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Oak Forest: 10,659 ±447
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389

$292,100 ±$25,470 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oak Forest: $255,100 ±$9,942
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460

2.7% ±2.5% (144  ±134.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Oak Forest: 8.1% † 2,145 (±2.7% / ±712.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)

Social

96.1% ±8.4% (3,493  ±517.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oak Forest: 94.1% 17,978 (±4.8% / ±1,098.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
37.6% ±7.1% (1,367  ±306.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oak Forest: 31.2% 5,963 (±3% / ±607)
  • about 90 percent 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

5.1% ±3.3% (271  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oak Forest: 11.8% † 3,154 (±2.2% / ±579)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068

4% ±2.1% (165  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oak Forest: 4.6% † 972 (±1.7% / ±350)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
165 Total veterans ±92 146 Male ±87 19 Female ±32

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