Palos Park vs Robbins

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

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

Robbins has the higher population (4,956 vs 4,832 in Palos Park). Palos Park has the higher median household income ($126,263 vs $37,594 in Robbins). Palos Park has the higher median home value ($469,900 vs $114,200 in Robbins).

Population, income & housing

	Palos Park	Robbins
Population	4,832	4,956
Median age	60.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$126,263	$37,594
Median home value	$469,900	$114,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,188
Housing units	2,208	2,016
Homeownership rate	90.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palos Park	Robbins
Population	4,842 → 4,832 (-0.2%)	5,037 → 4,956 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$102,361 → $126,263 (+23.4%)	$27,209 → $37,594 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$418,600 → $469,900 (+12.3%)	$76,400 → $114,200 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,668 → $1,574 (-5.6%)	$894 → $1,188 (+32.9%)

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

Robbins

Population

5,0374,956

Median household income

$27,209$37,594

Median home value

$76,400$114,200

Median gross rent

$894$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palos Park	Robbins
Under 5	1.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	1.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	22.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	23.0%	9.5%
75 and over	15.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palos Park	Robbins
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	4.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	85.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palos Park	Robbins
No high school diploma	3.7%	23.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palos Park	Robbins
Drove alone	61.5%	63.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.6%
Public transit	2.3%	6.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.9%	26.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palos Park	Robbins
1-unit, detached	70.4%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palos Park	Robbins
Poverty rate	6.9%	33.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1974	1962