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Census Tract 8289, Cook, IL

3,918 Population
1.2 square miles 3,175.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chicago Heights: 35.2 ±2.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$21,106 ±$4,485 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chicago Heights: $26,891 ±$1,988
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
$46,979 ±$8,804 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chicago Heights: $54,798 † ±$6,131
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630

36.2% ±12.3% (1,415  ±562) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chicago Heights: 26.9% † 7,072 (±4.3% / ±1,129)
  • more than double the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)

27.8 minutes ±10 (37,720  ±9,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chicago Heights: 30.1 284,675 (±2.7 / ±33,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)

Families

1,273 ±189 Number of households
  • Chicago Heights: 9,224 ±537
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
3 ±0.5 (3,872  ±814) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chicago Heights: 2.8 25,950 (±0.2 / ±52)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189

7.6% ±6.3% (74  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chicago Heights: 7% † 427 (±2.9% / ±180)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,214 (±0.2% / ±2,419)

Housing

1,358 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Chicago Heights: 10,613 ±500
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389

$137,900 ±$33,450 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chicago Heights: $161,000 ±$8,073
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460

22.5% ±13.9% (876  ±572.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Chicago Heights: 9.1% † 2,417 (±2.8% / ±753.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)

Social

80.3% ±6% (1,806  ±369.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chicago Heights: 84.8% 14,109 (±4.4% / ±950.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
13.8% ±6.3% (311  ±152.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chicago Heights: 20.9% † 3,469 (±2.5% / ±440.9)
  • about one-third 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

29.3% ±8.8% (1,147  ±419) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Chicago Heights: 14.7% † 3,940 (±2.8% / ±744)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068

3.3% ±2.3% (89  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chicago Heights: 5% † 961 (±1% / ±202)
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
89 Total veterans ±65 68 Male ±56 21 Female ±31

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