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Palos Heights, IL

11,965 Population
3.8 square miles 3,170.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$53,296 ±$3,362 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $45,977 ±$242
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $43,198 ±$199
$105,366 ±$12,029 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $85,087 ±$395
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $78,433 ±$297

4.9% ±1.8% (553  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.1% 1,041,869 (±0.2% / ±14,380)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,467,893 (±0.1% / ±16,574)

29.2 minutes ±0.4 (132,930  ±11,711) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 31 126,733,960 (±0.1 / ±614,002)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

4,553 ±210 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,654,700 ±5,005
  • Illinois: 4,968,761 ±7,953
2.5 ±0.1 (11,381  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,414,947
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,480,854

6.9% ±6.1% (144  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5% 115,381 (±0.1% / ±3,225)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 152,825 (±0.1% / ±3,352)

Housing

4,833 ±212 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,942,534 ±830
  • Illinois: 5,427,357 ±1,016

$334,700 ±$10,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $288,400 ±$923
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $239,100 ±$749

8.9% ±2.5% (1,053  ±,300.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.7% 1,102,401 (±0.2% / ±14,210.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,494,528 (±0.1% / ±15,496.9)

Social

97.3% ±5.5% (8,732  ±,578.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.7% 5,880,177 (±0.3% / ±19,278.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.1% 7,883,680 (±0.3% / ±22,258.1)
45.1% ±3.8% (4,046  ±366) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 40.2% 2,636,527 (±0.2% / ±12,548.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 36.7% 3,207,450 (±0.2% / ±14,003.2)

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

8.9% ±2.3% (1,059  ±272) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.7% 1,697,201
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,681

5.9% ±1.2% (573  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.3% 316,135 (±0.1% / ±4,441)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 518,426 (±0.1% / ±6,053)
573 Total veterans ±122 569 Male ±122 4 Female ±7

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