Berkeley vs Palos Park

A side-by-side comparison of Berkeley and Palos Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berkeley has the higher population (5,222 vs 4,832 in Palos Park). Palos Park has the higher median household income ($126,263 vs $83,224 in Berkeley). Palos Park has the higher median home value ($469,900 vs $222,400 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Palos Park
Population	5,222	4,832
Median age	37.1 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,224	$126,263
Median home value	$222,400	$469,900
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	2,056	2,208
Homeownership rate	84.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Palos Park
Population	5,116 → 5,222 (+2.1%)	4,842 → 4,832 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$64,193 → $83,224 (+29.6%)	$102,361 → $126,263 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$178,700 → $222,400 (+24.5%)	$418,600 → $469,900 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,292 (+37.0%)	$1,668 → $1,574 (-5.6%)

Berkeley

Population

5,1165,222

Median household income

$64,193$83,224

Median home value

$178,700$222,400

Median gross rent

$943$1,292

Palos Park

Population

4,8424,832

Median household income

$102,361$126,263

Median home value

$418,600$469,900

Median gross rent

$1,668$1,574

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Palos Park
Under 5	6.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	1.1%
25 to 34	17.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	23.0%
75 and over	7.2%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Palos Park
White (non-Hispanic)	26.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	25.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	44.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Palos Park
No high school diploma	11.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	43.1%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Palos Park
Drove alone	68.5%	61.5%
Carpooled	15.5%	4.8%
Public transit	1.7%	2.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	29.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Palos Park
1-unit, detached	85.4%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Palos Park
Poverty rate	6.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1955	1974