Palos Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 9,305 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Palos Park is the 221st largest community in Illinois.

Palos Park is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.75% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Palos Park is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Palos Park who work in sales jobs (15.74%), management occupations (15.49%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.71%).

In addition, Palos Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Palos Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Palos Park a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Palos Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Palos Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Palos Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Palos Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Palos Park Information and Demographics

The education level of Palos Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 40.49% of adults in Palos Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Palos Park in 2000 was $36,543, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,172 for a family of four. However, Palos Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Palos Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Palos Park is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Palos Park include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, English, Greek, Czech, Dutch, Lithuanian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Palos Park is English. Some people also speak Greek.