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Chicago City (Southwest)--New City, Lower West Side, Bridgeport & McKinley Park PUMA, IL

133,989 Population
12 square miles 11,127.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,706 ±$5,691 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,414 ±$5,864 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19% ±3.9% (25,363  ±5,553) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.6 minutes ±1.3 (1,985,570  ±212,588) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

55,682 ±3,252 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (133,570  ±10,348) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±2% (1,303  ±719) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,382 ±3,627 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$346,600 ±$22,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.4% ±2.9% (13,841  ±3,939.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

78.6% ±1.2% (77,945  ±5,755.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.3% ±3.1% (34,958  ±3,971.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

61% ±2.9% (79,294  ±4,392.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 24.1% 2,886,369 (±0.1% / ±15,830.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

35% ±3.8% (46,857  ±6,211) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.5% ±0.9% (2,749  ±1,025) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,749 Total veterans ±1,025 2,609 Male ±1,010 140 Female ±239

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