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Census Tract 8281, Cook, IL

4,497 Population
0.9 square miles 4,945.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lansing: 41 ±2.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$39,791 ±$6,653 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lansing: $36,031 ±$2,671
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
$76,034 ±$24,381 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lansing: $75,569 ±$6,995
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630

8.6% ±7.4% (385  ±340) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lansing: 14% † 3,942 (±4% / ±1,130)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)

28 minutes ±9.9 (49,720  ±11,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lansing: 32.6 389,580 (±1.3 / ±30,579)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)

Families

1,986 ±332 Number of households
  • Lansing: 11,236 ±456
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
2.3 ±0.5 (4,497  ±706) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lansing: 2.5 28,120 (±0.1 / ±59)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189

2.1% ±4.1% (22  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lansing: 3.9% † 238 (±2.2% / ±137)
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,214 (±0.2% / ±2,419)

Housing

2,174 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Lansing: 12,007 ±490
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389

$176,500 ±$15,831 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lansing: $177,000 ±$10,598
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460

11.6% ±16% (523  ±725.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lansing: 8.3% † 2,343 (±3.4% / ±949.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)

Social

98.6% ±12.6% (3,190  ±585.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lansing: 93.6% 18,401 (±5.6% / ±1,282.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
29.3% ±6.8% (948  ±252.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lansing: 28.2% † 5,538 (±3.1% / ±637.9)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±3.2% (227  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lansing: 9.7% † 2,745 (±3.1% / ±864)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068

6.8% ±3.6% (238  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lansing: 7% † 1,507 (±1.6% / ±354)
  • more than double the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
238 Total veterans ±128 238 Male ±128 N/A Female ±13

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