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Chicago City (West)--West Town & Near West Side PUMA, IL

177,080 Population
10.1 square miles 17,515.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$95,268 ±$12,776 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • more than double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$129,800 ±$9,328 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.7% ±4.2% (21,902  ±7,362) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28 minutes ±4.7 (2,400,170  ±271,325) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

88,200 ±5,147 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (172,003  ±12,934) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.2% ±1.5% (1,982  ±958) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

92,024 ±5,347 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$569,900 ±$32,821 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20.4% ±2.5% (35,675  ±5,087) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.2% ±8.5% (128,410  ±8,104.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
75.4% ±2.5% (101,749  ±7,255.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

24.3% ±2.8% (35,773  ±4,257.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 24.1% 2,886,369 (±0.1% / ±15,830.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

16.4% ±2.8% (28,974  ±5,325) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.3% ±0.8% (1,935  ±1,250) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,935 Total veterans ±1,250 1,815 Male ±1,248 120 Female ±145

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