Justice vs Palos Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Justice and Palos Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Justice has the higher population (12,372 vs 11,817 in Palos Heights). Palos Heights has the higher median household income ($107,974 vs $58,514 in Justice). Palos Heights has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $235,200 in Justice).

Population, income & housing

	Justice	Palos Heights
Population	12,372	11,817
Median age	37.0 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,514	$107,974
Median home value	$235,200	$350,000
Median gross rent	$1,198	$2,138
Housing units	5,203	4,762
Homeownership rate	51.5%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Justice	Palos Heights
Population	12,800 → 12,372 (-3.3%)	12,480 → 11,817 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$51,017 → $58,514 (+14.7%)	$89,286 → $107,974 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$180,600 → $235,200 (+30.2%)	$282,100 → $350,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,198 (+12.1%)	$1,322 → $2,138 (+61.7%)

Justice

Population

12,80012,372

Median household income

$51,017$58,514

Median home value

$180,600$235,200

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,198

Palos Heights

Population

12,48011,817

Median household income

$89,286$107,974

Median home value

$282,100$350,000

Median gross rent

$1,322$2,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Justice	Palos Heights
Under 5	8.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	17.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.8%
75 and over	3.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Justice	Palos Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	86.2%
Black or African American	22.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Justice	Palos Heights
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	37.0%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Justice	Palos Heights
Drove alone	77.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.7%
Public transit	4.3%	3.5%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Justice	Palos Heights
1-unit, detached	36.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	25.6%	5.1%
20 or more units	15.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Justice	Palos Heights
Poverty rate	21.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1976	1976