Markham vs Palos Heights

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

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

Palos Heights has the higher population (11,817 vs 11,434 in Markham). Palos Heights has the higher median household income ($107,974 vs $52,364 in Markham). Palos Heights has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $119,500 in Markham).

Population, income & housing

	Markham	Palos Heights
Population	11,434	11,817
Median age	33.7 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,364	$107,974
Median home value	$119,500	$350,000
Median gross rent	$1,689	$2,138
Housing units	4,257	4,762
Homeownership rate	72.0%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Markham	Palos Heights
Population	12,493 → 11,434 (-8.5%)	12,480 → 11,817 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$43,011 → $52,364 (+21.7%)	$89,286 → $107,974 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $119,500 (+32.8%)	$282,100 → $350,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,689 (+33.9%)	$1,322 → $2,138 (+61.7%)

Markham

Population

12,49311,434

Median household income

$43,011$52,364

Median home value

$90,000$119,500

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,689

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)

	Markham	Palos Heights
Under 5	7.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	16.8%
75 and over	6.3%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Markham	Palos Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	86.2%
Black or African American	70.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Markham	Palos Heights
No high school diploma	13.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	35.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Markham	Palos Heights
Drove alone	62.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	6.7%
Public transit	7.7%	3.5%
Walked	0.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.6%
Other means	3.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Markham	Palos Heights
1-unit, detached	95.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Markham	Palos Heights
Poverty rate	18.9%	5.8%
Average household size	3.03	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1963	1976