Palatine

Population & Demographics

Palatine, IL

Palatine is home to 66,293 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 35,313 resident workers commute each day.

IllinoisCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
66,293
people
Population

66,293 residents

Median age 40.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Palatine population & demographics

Who lives in Palatine — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
66,293
Median age
40.7yrs
Median household income
$97,819
Median home value
$355,600
Median gross rent
$1,549/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
51.1%
Poverty rate
8.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Palatine

How Palatine breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White60.7%
Hispanic or Latino19.2%
Asian12.5%
Black4.5%
Two or more races2.7%
Some other race0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Palatine

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Palatine.

Palatine at a glance
Employed Residents
35,313
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
20.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Chicago
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Palatine proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Palatine commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Palatine

35,313 commutes, one dot at a time

Palatine

Where 35,313 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Palatine, by worker count.

1Chicago26.0 mi5,606
2Palatine0.0 mi3,059
3Schaumburg6.6 mi2,075
4Arlington Heights3.5 mi1,842
5Rolling Meadows3.1 mi993
6Elk Grove Village8.0 mi935
7Wheeling5.8 mi730
8Northbrook10.3 mi698

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Palatine.

1Palatine0.0 mi3,059
2Chicago26.0 mi1,909
3Arlington Heights3.5 mi870
4Schaumburg6.6 mi831
5Hoffman Estates6.1 mi745
6Elgin14.7 mi588
7Rolling Meadows3.1 mi513
8Mount Prospect6.5 mi404

Top industries

The sectors that employ Palatine’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services24.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.1%
RTRetail Trade11.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing8.9%
MFManufacturing8.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Palatine

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps14%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Palatine

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