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Palos Hills, IL

17,318 Population
4.2 square miles 4,078.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,844 ±$2,392 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $38,157 ±$174
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $36,038 ±$146
$61,143 ±$5,575 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $71,770 ±$337
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $65,886 ±$283

11.6% ±3.1% (1,993  ±533) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.8% 1,105,111 (±0.1% / ±13,127)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 12.5% 1,557,873 (±0.1% / ±15,279)

33.2 minutes ±2.4 (250,020  ±24,298) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 32 141,608,425 (±0.1 / ±549,149)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 29.2 170,463,115 (±0.1 / ±604,223)

Families

6,725 ±316 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,514,621 ±7,510
  • Illinois: 4,846,134 ±10,459
2.5 ±0.1 (17,114  ±119) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.7 9,348,694 (±0 / ±2,314)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.6 12,473,394 (±0)

6.5% ±3.3% (284  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5.1% 117,344 (±0.1% / ±2,186)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 156,822 (±0.1% / ±2,631)

Housing

7,257 ±403 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,843,918 ±1,116
  • Illinois: 5,360,315 ±586

$203,800 ±$11,017 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $239,600 ±$635
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $194,500 ±$546

9.5% ±2.6% (1,619  ±443) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 12.4% 1,166,171 (±0.2% / ±14,589.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 12.7% 1,607,354 (±0.1% / ±15,947.4)

Social

91.7% ±5.3% (11,123  ±748.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 88.7% 5,720,139 (±0.3% / ±16,961.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 89.2% 7,749,257 (±0.2% / ±19,777.7)
28.6% ±3.4% (3,468  ±430.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 38% 2,452,247 (±0.2% / ±10,527.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 34.7% 3,010,025 (±0.1% / ±11,969.9)

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

25.6% ±4.1% (4,440  ±709) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.7% 1,685,948 (±0.1% / ±10,704)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 14.1% 1,796,962 (±0.1% / ±11,086)

5.5% ±1.4% (753  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.7% 345,304 (±0.1% / ±3,463)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 5.8% 570,264 (±0% / ±4,385)
753 Total veterans ±189 725 Male ±184 28 Female ±41

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