Chicago Heights, IL: key statistics
Population: 26,508 (2025). Unemployment rate: 7.6% (August 2026). Median household income: $54,798 (2024).
Chicago Heights, IL in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 30.1 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate | 7.6% | August 2026 | |
| Civilian labor force | 11,730 | 2025 | |
| Employed residents | 10,856 | 2025 | |
| Unemployed people | 874 | 2025 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 14.6% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 60.6% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 48.9 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $54,798 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $26,891 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 26.9% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 0 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 63.4% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $161,000 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $1,038 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 0 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 10,613 | 2024 | |
| Households | 9,224 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 13.1% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 50.5% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 2.8 persons per household | 2024 |
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