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Chicago City (Southwest)--South Lawndale, Brighton Park & Gage Park PUMA, IL

137,004 Population
9.4 square miles 14,635.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,734 ±$2,225 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,453 ±$7,927 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.1% ±5.1% (23,426  ±6,866) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30.8 minutes ±1 (1,860,875  ±209,651) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 150,482,720 (±0.2 / ±1,340,109)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

43,628 ±3,309 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3 ±0.1 (129,536  ±10,883) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

2.7% ±1.9% (864  ±600) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

47,252 ±3,405 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$252,800 ±$14,893 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.5% ±1% (12,370  ±1,456.6) Moved since previous year * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

62.7% ±2.8% (55,597  ±4,805.6) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
14.5% ±2.5% (12,849  ±2,393.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

78.2% ±2.7% (108,256  ±5,226.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 23.8% 2,852,434 (±0.1% / ±15,068.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

40.2% ±3.6% (55,093  ±6,620) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

1.2% ±0.5% (1,336  ±602) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,336 Total veterans ±602 979 Male ±432 357 Female ±410

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