Des Plaines vs Skokie

A side-by-side comparison of Des Plaines and Skokie: population, income, housing, and more.

Des Plaines and Skokie are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Skokie has the higher population (66,427 vs 59,408 in Des Plaines). Des Plaines has the higher median household income ($94,303 vs $93,550 in Skokie). Skokie has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $318,200 in Des Plaines).

Population, income & housing

	Des Plaines	Skokie
Population	59,408	66,427
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,303	$93,550
Median home value	$318,200	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,491
Housing units	23,973	25,014
Homeownership rate	79.4%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Plaines	Skokie
Population	58,673 → 59,408 (+1.3%)	63,821 → 66,427 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$69,760 → $94,303 (+35.2%)	$73,046 → $93,550 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$256,700 → $318,200 (+24.0%)	$318,800 → $368,600 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,435 (+25.4%)	$1,271 → $1,491 (+17.3%)

Des Plaines

Population

58,67359,408

Median household income

$69,760$94,303

Median home value

$256,700$318,200

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,435

Skokie

Population

63,82166,427

Median household income

$73,046$93,550

Median home value

$318,800$368,600

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Plaines	Skokie
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.4%
75 and over	9.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Plaines	Skokie
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	48.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	14.1%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Plaines	Skokie
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	22.3%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Plaines	Skokie
Drove alone	69.7%	60.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	12.5%
Public transit	4.4%	5.5%
Walked	1.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	16.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Plaines	Skokie
1-unit, detached	59.4%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	19.8%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Des Plaines	Skokie
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1966	1959