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State Senate District 8, IL

219,767 Population
28.1 square miles 7,808.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,988 ±$1,580 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,641 ±$3,704 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±1.3% (26,539  ±2,824) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.4 minutes ±0.7 (2,486,890  ±113,413) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

78,821 ±1,450 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0 (215,395  ±4,402) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±1% (2,866  ±460) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

83,995 ±1,442 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$402,000 ±$7,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±1% (18,910  ±2,297.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±1.1% (136,014  ±3,196.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
49.9% ±1.2% (75,528  ±2,409.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

36.1% ±1.3% (79,290  ±3,245) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.3% ±0.3% (3,831  ±451) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,831 Total veterans ±451 3,441 Male ±437 390 Female ±178

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