Palos Hills is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 17,759 people and three associated neighborhoods, Palos Hills is the 137th largest community in Illinois.
Also of interest is that Palos Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Palos Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.58% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In Palos Hills, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.01 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Palos Hills is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.02% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Palos Hills in 2022 was $38,939, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,756 for a family of four. However, Palos Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Palos Hills is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Palos Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Palos Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Palos Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Palos Hills include Polish, German, Irish, Italian, and Palestinian.
Palos Hills also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.64%.
The most common language spoken in Palos Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Arabic.