Palos Heights, Illinois | |
---|---|
City | |
City of Palos Heights | |
Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois. |
|
Location of Illinois in the United States |
|
Coordinates: 41°39′55″N 87°47′50″W / 41.66528°N 87.79722°WCoordinates: 41°39′55″N 87°47′50″W / 41.66528°N 87.79722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Cook |
Township | Palos |
Incorporated | 1959 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-council |
• Mayor | Robert Straz |
Area | |
• Total | 3.88 sq mi (10.0 km2) |
• Land | 3.78 sq mi (9.8 km2) |
• Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.3 km2) 2.58% |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 12,515 |
• Density | 3,310.8/sq mi (1,278.3/km2) |
Up 11.15% from 2000 | |
Standard of living (2007-11) | |
• Per capita income | $39,954 |
• Median home value | $301,300 |
ZIP code(s) | 60463 |
Area code(s) | 708 |
Geocode | 57381 |
Website | www |
Palos Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,515 at the 2010 census.
According to the 2010 census, Palos Heights has a total area of 3.878 square miles (10.04 km2), of which 3.78 square miles (9.79 km2) (or 97.47%) is land and 0.098 square miles (0.25 km2) (or 2.53%) is water.
As of the 2000 census, there were 11,561 people, 4,123 households, and 3,133 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,978.6 people per square mile (1,150.1/km²). There were 4,268 housing units at an average density of 1,129.0 per square mile (435.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.39% White, 0.44% African American, 0.09% Native American, 2.06% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.43% of the population.
The top five ancestries reported in Palos as of the 2000 census were Irish (27.2%), German (20.5%), Polish (14.1%), Italian (10.5%) and Dutch (9.1%).
There were 4,123 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.98.