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Des Plaines, IL

59,156 Population
14.2 square miles 4,154.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$45,076 ±$2,407 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$97,875 ±$5,762 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

6% ±1.3% (3,515  ±749) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

28.2 minutes ±1 (723,590  ±38,107) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

22,537 ±580 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.6 ±0.1 (58,100  ±289) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

4% ±1.4% (510  ±186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

23,856 ±658 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$335,600 ±$4,808 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

7.7% ±1.3% (4,511  ±756.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.9% 1,009,281 (±0.1% / ±13,353.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

90.1% ±2.7% (38,869  ±1,414.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
38.9% ±1.8% (16,800  ±860.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

34.2% ±2.1% (20,251  ±1,249) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

3.4% ±0.8% (1,580  ±396) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
1,580 Total veterans ±396 1,477 Male ±381 103 Female ±74

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