Palos Park vs Posen

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

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

Posen has the higher population (5,331 vs 4,832 in Palos Park). Palos Park has the higher median household income ($126,263 vs $71,994 in Posen). Palos Park has the higher median home value ($469,900 vs $172,800 in Posen).

Population, income & housing

	Palos Park	Posen
Population	4,832	5,331
Median age	60.6 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$126,263	$71,994
Median home value	$469,900	$172,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,478
Housing units	2,208	1,721
Homeownership rate	90.0%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palos Park	Posen
Population	4,842 → 4,832 (-0.2%)	6,149 → 5,331 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$102,361 → $126,263 (+23.4%)	$42,370 → $71,994 (+69.9%)
Median home value	$418,600 → $469,900 (+12.3%)	$121,100 → $172,800 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,668 → $1,574 (-5.6%)	$1,109 → $1,478 (+33.3%)

Palos Park

Population

4,8424,832

Median household income

$102,361$126,263

Median home value

$418,600$469,900

Median gross rent

$1,668$1,574

Posen

Population

6,1495,331

Median household income

$42,370$71,994

Median home value

$121,100$172,800

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palos Park	Posen
Under 5	1.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	1.1%	16.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	22.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	23.0%	3.9%
75 and over	15.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palos Park	Posen
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	18.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	61.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palos Park	Posen
No high school diploma	3.7%	14.7%
High school graduate	24.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palos Park	Posen
Drove alone	61.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	17.1%
Public transit	2.3%	1.9%
Walked	0.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.9%	2.1%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palos Park	Posen
1-unit, detached	70.4%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palos Park	Posen
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.7%
Average household size	2.31	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1974	1960