Franklin Park vs Palos Hills

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

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

Franklin Park has the higher population (18,233 vs 18,139 in Palos Hills). Palos Hills has the higher median household income ($83,969 vs $76,009 in Franklin Park). Franklin Park has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $259,200 in Palos Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	Palos Hills
Population	18,233	18,139
Median age	37.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,009	$83,969
Median home value	$261,700	$259,200
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,267
Housing units	6,182	7,885
Homeownership rate	75.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	Palos Hills
Population	17,956 → 18,233 (+1.5%)	17,318 → 18,139 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$63,971 → $76,009 (+18.8%)	$61,143 → $83,969 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $261,700 (+28.4%)	$203,800 → $259,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,103 (+25.2%)	$1,035 → $1,267 (+22.4%)

Franklin Park

Population

17,95618,233

Median household income

$63,971$76,009

Median home value

$203,800$261,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,103

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)

	Franklin Park	Palos Hills
Under 5	4.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.5%
75 and over	3.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	Palos Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	Palos Hills
No high school diploma	22.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	Palos Hills
Drove alone	77.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.8%
Public transit	2.6%	3.3%
Walked	2.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	11.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	Palos Hills
1-unit, detached	74.4%	42.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	31.5%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	Palos Hills
Poverty rate	13.6%	9.2%
Average household size	3.09	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1956	1977