Des Plaines, IL Homes for Sale & Real Estate

This search area is located within Cook County, Illinois. Cook County, Illinois has 5,227,575 residents in 1,951,606 households. The median age of this county is 36.1 with a majority of inhabitants unmarried. At least 56.63% of those living in this county currently own their homes. Roughly 30.47% of population here speak a language other than English at home.

The median income in this county is $56,902, with an employment rate of 59.7%. It tends to take those living in Cook County, Illinois an average of 32.6 minutes to get to work, with a majority commuting by car. Out of the total population of those 25 and older, 14.59% have a master’s or above, 21.88% have a bachelor’s, and 23.68% have a high school degree.

More broadly, Cook County, Illinois is a part of the Chicago, IL - IN Urban Area. The Chicago, IL - IN Urban Area has around 8,672,319 residents, or 3,153,810 households with a median age of 36.6. Residents in this urban area have a median income of $63,064 and a home ownership rate of 63.27%.

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