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Census Tract 8297, Cook, IL

2,778 Population
7.1 square miles 389.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chicago Heights: 35.2 ±2.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$33,624 ±$8,063 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chicago Heights: $26,891 ±$1,988
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
$60,680 ±$10,154 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chicago Heights: $54,798 † ±$6,131
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630

15.8% ±6.8% (440  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chicago Heights: 26.9% † 7,072 (±4.3% / ±1,129)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)

31 minutes ±12 (29,215  ±7,991) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Chicago Heights: 30.1 284,675 (±2.7 / ±33,338)
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)

Families

1,067 ±140 Number of households
  • Chicago Heights: 9,224 ±537
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
2.6 ±0.4 (2,778  ±578) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chicago Heights: 2.8 25,950 (±0.2 / ±52)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189

1.4% ±2.4% (8  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chicago Heights: 7% † 427 (±2.9% / ±180)
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,214 (±0.2% / ±2,419)

Housing

1,349 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Chicago Heights: 10,613 ±500
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389

$200,100 ±$50,872 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chicago Heights: $161,000 ±$8,073
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460

4.1% ±3.7% (113  ±105.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chicago Heights: 9.1% † 2,417 (±2.8% / ±753.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)

Social

90.7% ±25.8% (1,859  ±340.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chicago Heights: 84.8% 14,109 (±4.4% / ±950.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
23.1% ±3.8% (474  ±128.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chicago Heights: 20.9% † 3,469 (±2.5% / ±440.9)
  • about half 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

2.2% ±1.9% (61  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Chicago Heights: 14.7% † 3,940 (±2.8% / ±744)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068

5.7% ±2% (129  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chicago Heights: 5% † 961 (±1% / ±202)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
129 Total veterans ±52 114 Male ±48 15 Female ±18

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