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Census Tract 8261, Cook, IL

5,316 Population
1.4 square miles 3,899.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Calumet City: 38.6 ±2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$27,309 ±$4,157 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Calumet City: $28,113 ±$2,280
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
$51,316 ±$9,604 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calumet City: $55,369 † ±$7,429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630

13.8% ±7.1% (736  ±397) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Calumet City: 23.4% † 8,211 (±5.1% / ±1,778)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)

38 minutes ±7.3 (93,100  ±31,298) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Calumet City: 34.4 476,400 (±2.6 / ±54,167)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)

Families

2,119 ±303 Number of households
  • Calumet City: 14,332 ±774
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
2.5 ±0.2 (5,303  ±908) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Calumet City: 2.5 35,043 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189

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

Housing

2,691 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Calumet City: 16,556 ±721
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389

$133,700 ±$38,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calumet City: $145,200 ±$7,926
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460

15.3% ±11.5% (811  ±625.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calumet City: 12.5% † 4,341 (±3.7% / ±1,272.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)

Social

92.7% ±27.2% (3,182  ±613) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Calumet City: 88.7% 20,609 (±4.8% / ±1,497.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
15.9% ±5.5% (546  ±224.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Calumet City: 21.4% † 4,969 (±2.9% / ±711.7)
  • 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

7.3% ±2.6% (387  ±153) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Calumet City: 10.3% † 3,630 (±1.9% / ±679)
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068

1.1% ±1.2% (47  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Calumet City: 3.9% † 1,040 (±1% / ±265)
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
47 Total veterans ±52 47 Male ±52 N/A Female ±18

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