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Palos Hills, IL
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Living in Palos Hills



Palos Hills is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 17,883 people and three associated neighborhoods, Palos Hills is the 137th largest community in Illinois.

A relatively large number of people in Palos Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.57% 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 33.44 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: 26.98% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Palos Hills in 2018 was $39,791, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $159,164 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. Important ancestries of people in Palos Hills include Polish, German, Irish, Italian, and English.

In addition, Palos Hills has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.80%).

The most common language spoken in Palos Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Arabic.