Palos Park vs Stone Park

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

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

Palos Park has the higher population (4,832 vs 4,504 in Stone Park). Palos Park has the higher median household income ($126,263 vs $75,165 in Stone Park). Palos Park has the higher median home value ($469,900 vs $218,300 in Stone Park).

Population, income & housing

	Palos Park	Stone Park
Population	4,832	4,504
Median age	60.6 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$126,263	$75,165
Median home value	$469,900	$218,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,222
Housing units	2,208	1,364
Homeownership rate	90.0%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palos Park	Stone Park
Population	4,842 → 4,832 (-0.2%)	4,894 → 4,504 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$102,361 → $126,263 (+23.4%)	$59,778 → $75,165 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$418,600 → $469,900 (+12.3%)	$118,500 → $218,300 (+84.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,668 → $1,574 (-5.6%)	$1,099 → $1,222 (+11.2%)

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

Stone Park

Population

4,8944,504

Median household income

$59,778$75,165

Median home value

$118,500$218,300

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palos Park	Stone Park
Under 5	1.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	1.1%	14.5%
25 to 34	5.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	22.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	23.0%	3.4%
75 and over	15.1%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palos Park	Stone Park
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	4.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
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%	92.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palos Park	Stone Park
No high school diploma	3.7%	41.6%
High school graduate	24.0%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palos Park	Stone Park
Drove alone	61.5%	82.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.9%	2.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palos Park	Stone Park
1-unit, detached	70.4%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	4.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Palos Park	Stone Park
Poverty rate	6.9%	11.6%
Average household size	2.31	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1974	1963