Alsip vs Palos Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Alsip and Palos Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Alsip and Palos Hills are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alsip has the higher population (18,650 vs 18,139 in Palos Hills). Palos Hills has the higher median household income ($83,969 vs $67,557 in Alsip). Palos Hills has the higher median home value ($259,200 vs $208,700 in Alsip).

Population, income & housing

	Alsip	Palos Hills
Population	18,650	18,139
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,557	$83,969
Median home value	$208,700	$259,200
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,267
Housing units	8,076	7,885
Homeownership rate	65.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsip	Palos Hills
Population	19,022 → 18,650 (-2.0%)	17,318 → 18,139 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$63,312 → $67,557 (+6.7%)	$61,143 → $83,969 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $208,700 (+21.8%)	$203,800 → $259,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,102 (+14.7%)	$1,035 → $1,267 (+22.4%)

Alsip

Population

19,02218,650

Median household income

$63,312$67,557

Median home value

$171,400$208,700

Median gross rent

$961$1,102

Palos Hills

Population

17,31818,139

Median household income

$61,143$83,969

Median home value

$203,800$259,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsip	Palos Hills
Under 5	7.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.5%
75 and over	7.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsip	Palos Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	81.3%
Black or African American	21.9%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsip	Palos Hills
No high school diploma	11.7%	12.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsip	Palos Hills
Drove alone	75.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.8%
Public transit	4.0%	3.3%
Walked	2.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	11.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsip	Palos Hills
1-unit, detached	54.1%	42.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	28.2%	31.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alsip	Palos Hills
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1974	1977