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Palatine, IL

65,176 Population
14.1 square miles 4,617 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$47,461 ±$3,811 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,011 ±$493
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$89,725 ±$10,590 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $87,071 ±$941
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

10.1% ±2% (6,672  ±1,300) Persons below poverty line * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

28 minutes ±0.9 (834,345  ±38,877) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

27,531 ±1,940 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,671,659 ±10,232
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.4 ±0.2 (64,800  ±594) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,116,615 (±0 / ±2,516)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

4.9% ±2.4% (726  ±364) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.5% 100,521 (±0.2% / ±5,146)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

28,071 ±2,021 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,911,902 ±917
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$369,600 ±$22,223 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $316,500 ±$2,570
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

14.8% ±4.9% (9,534  ±3,159.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.6% 967,333 (±0.3% / ±27,737.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

88.8% ±5.4% (40,418  ±3,346.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,782,176 (±0.6% / ±39,379.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
47.6% ±4% (21,641  ±2,191.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 42.1% 2,709,482 (±0.4% / ±25,714.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

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

24.7% ±4.1% (16,078  ±2,690) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.9% 1,748,189 (±0.3% / ±26,434)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

1.8% ±0.7% (888  ±372) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.7% 268,209 (±0.1% / ±8,256)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
888 Total veterans ±372 888 Male ±372 N/A Female ±206

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