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New Lenox, IL

27,456 Population
15.8 square miles 1,742.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,850 ±$2,138 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$133,071 ±$7,343 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

2.1% ±0.7% (573  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

32.8 minutes ±1 (391,135  ±24,358) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

9,142 ±314 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
3 ±0.1 (27,345  ±142) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

8.2% ±3% (510  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

9,473 ±340 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$377,500 ±$8,766 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

6.5% ±1.4% (1,755  ±387.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

98.3% ±4.1% (17,223  ±850.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
45.5% ±3% (7,965  ±565.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

2.5% ±0.8% (676  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4.5% ±1% (887  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
887 Total veterans ±187 853 Male ±186 34 Female ±32

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