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Congressional District 7, IL

758,917 Population
68.4 square miles 11,091 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$50,876 ±$2,410 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $43,317 ±$328
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$76,365 ±$2,814 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $76,708 ±$584
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

18.8% ±1.4% (139,812  ±10,922) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.9% 1,469,643 (±0.3% / ±33,705)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

31.5 minutes ±2.2 (9,087,755  ±408,694) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.9 145,167,340 (±0.2 / ±1,228,214)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

335,027 ±8,338 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,056,360 ±12,532
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.2 ±0 (744,133  ±22,088) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,306,684
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.3% ±1% (9,385  ±2,225) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 147,198 (±0.2% / ±7,160)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

366,167 ±8,868 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,452,461 ±350
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$334,900 ±$11,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $251,600 ±$1,738
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

18.5% ±2% (138,513  ±15,174.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,452,510 (±0.3% / ±33,278.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

88.9% ±1.4% (471,968  ±14,943.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.4% 7,858,460 (±0.5% / ±44,773)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
48.3% ±1.7% (256,320  ±11,514.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 37.7% 3,275,418 (±0.3% / ±27,545.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

22.1% ±1.5% (152,276  ±10,431.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 23.4% 2,817,506 (±0.1% / ±15,758.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

15% ±1.2% (113,571  ±9,914) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 14.4% 1,810,100
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

2.7% ±0.4% (16,467  ±2,700) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 475,496 (±0.1% / ±11,735)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
16,467 Total veterans ±2,700 14,951 Male ±2,594 1,516 Female ±750

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