Palatine vs Skokie

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

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

Palatine has the higher population (66,548 vs 66,427 in Skokie). Palatine has the higher median household income ($95,950 vs $93,550 in Skokie). Skokie has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $347,900 in Palatine).

Population, income & housing

	Palatine	Skokie
Population	66,548	66,427
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,950	$93,550
Median home value	$347,900	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,467	$1,491
Housing units	28,170	25,014
Homeownership rate	67.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palatine	Skokie
Population	68,407 → 66,548 (-2.7%)	63,821 → 66,427 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$80,526 → $95,950 (+19.2%)	$73,046 → $93,550 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$284,400 → $347,900 (+22.3%)	$318,800 → $368,600 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,467 (+22.3%)	$1,271 → $1,491 (+17.3%)

Palatine

Population

68,40766,548

Median household income

$80,526$95,950

Median home value

$284,400$347,900

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,467

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)

	Palatine	Skokie
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.4%
75 and over	6.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palatine	Skokie
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	48.7%
Black or African American	5.3%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	12.8%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palatine	Skokie
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	17.3%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palatine	Skokie
Drove alone	70.7%	60.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	12.5%
Public transit	2.3%	5.5%
Walked	1.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	18.0%	16.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palatine	Skokie
1-unit, detached	43.4%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	13.1%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Palatine	Skokie
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1977	1959