† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupPalos HillsIllinoisUnited States
German18.8%16.1%12.5%
Irish17.5%10.6%9.4%
Polish14.6%6.0%2.2%
Italian10.0%5.4%4.8%
English7.5%6.9%9.5%
American4.6%3.3%5.3%
Swedish2.5%1.5%—
Russian2.1%——
Mexican7.8%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.7%1.8%
Ecuadorian0.2%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
African American†5.7%12.1%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Asian Indian0.6%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.0%1.3%
Filipino0.3%1.0%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Palos Hills
Illinois
United States
Median age
41.7
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.9%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Palos Hills
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$83,533
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.4%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.6%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Palos Hills
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
45.0%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.9%
14.0%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
23.5%
2.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
7.4%
2.6%
2.0%
Arabic
6.1%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Palos Hills
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Palos Hills, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−4.9%
2008
+11.4%
2012
+5.9%
2016
+1.8%
2020
−2.7%
2024
−18.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
40.3%Harris2,800
58.4%Trump4,062
1.4%
R+18.1
R+15.4
R+16.7
6,956
R
47.8%Biden3,879
50.5%Trump4,098
1.6%
R+2.7
R+4.5
R+7.2
8,110
D
48.1%Clinton3,487
46.3%Trump3,357
5.6%
D+1.8
R+4.1
R+0.3
7,248
D
52.2%Obama3,396
46.3%Romney3,012
1.5%
D+5.9
R+5.5
D+2.0
6,507
D
55.1%Obama3,867
43.8%McCain3,070
1.1%
D+11.4
D+16.3
D+4.1
7,015
R
47.5%Kerry3,416
52.4%Bush3,771
0.1%
R+4.9
—
R+2.5
7,193
Palos Hills sits in the Palos Township cluster of southwest Cook County, where a predominantly white, working- and middle-class electorate has shown a pattern of diverging from countywide Democratic margins in competitive statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.4 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 18.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 15.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.1 points.
A population of 18,081, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,533 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hickory Hills and Worth.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Palos Hills, Illinois voted Republican by 18.1 points (R+18.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,956 votes cast, 2,800 went Democratic and 4,062 went Republican.
When did Palos Hills, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Palos Hills, Illinois voted Democratic was 2016.
How many people live in Palos Hills, Illinois?
Palos Hills, Illinois has a population of 18,081 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palos Hills, Illinois?
Median household income in Palos Hills, Illinois is $83,533 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Palos Hills, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Palos Hills, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
