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Thornton Township High School District 205, IL

100,127 Population
34.1 square miles 2,938.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,451 ±$3,087 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $50,075 ±$784
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
$50,636 ±$7,706 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $82,764 ±$1,423
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898

27% ±6.7% (26,582  ±6,757) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Cook County: 13.8% 702,524 (±0.5% / ±25,787)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)

31.8 minutes ±1.8 (1,171,800  ±145,278) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 32.1 70,708,590 (±0.2 / ±991,615)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)

Families

39,358 ±2,983 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,124,304 ±7,894
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
2.5 ±0.2 (98,938  ±5,554) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,093,924 (±0 / ±1,334)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746

7.2% ±3.9% (1,590  ±902) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 4.2% 54,153 (±0.3% / ±4,315)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)

Housing

47,342 ±3,163 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,284,600 ±630
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080

$168,600 ±$10,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $335,800 ±$3,115
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768

10.9% ±1.9% (10,855  ±1,893.9) Moved since previous year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

92.2% ±3.4% (64,209  ±5,021.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.8% 3,259,688 (±0.9% / ±34,280.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
21.2% ±3.1% (14,789  ±2,387.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 44.3% 1,625,022 (±0.6% / ±22,511.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)

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

5.8% ±1.7% (5,802  ±1,689) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cook County: 22.9% 1,185,306
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482

5.2% ±1.6% (3,900  ±1,212) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 3.1% 126,433 (±0.2% / ±7,021)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
3,900 Total veterans ±1,212 3,626 Male ±1,193 274 Female ±335

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