Palos Hills is a city in Cook County,

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. It is a southwest suburb of

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. The city was established in 1958 and had reached a population of 18,530 in the 2020 census. It is the home of

Moraine Valley Community College Moraine Valley Community College is a public community college in Palos Hills, Illinois. Founded in 1967, it is surrounded by the Cook County Forest Preserves. The college also operates satellite centers in Blue Island and Tinley Park, Illi ...

as well as Amos Alonzo Stagg High School.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Palos Hills has a total area of , of which (or 98.97%) is land and (or 1.03%) is water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 18,530 people, 7,247 households, and 4,209 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 7,697 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 81.70%

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, 5.77%

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, 0.18% Native American, 2.17% Asian, 0.01%

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, 3.39% from other races, and 6.77% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 10.19% of the population. The top reported ancestries as of 2020 where Polish (29.3%),

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(12.7%), Irish (12.6%),

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(9.6%), and Italian (8.3%). There were 7,247 households, out of which 38.84% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.63% were married couples living together, 10.17% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.92% were non-families. 36.35% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.01% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.17 and the average family size was 2.34. The city's age distribution consisted of 18.1% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $64,364, and the median income for a family was $81,045. Males had a median income of $57,339 versus $37,926 for females. The

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for the city was $34,564. About 9.3% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the

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, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over. ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

Government

Palos Hills is in

Illinois's 3rd congressional district Illinois's 3rd congressional district includes part of Cook County, and has been represented by Democrat Marie Newman since January 3, 2021. The district was previously represented by Dan Lipinski from 2005 to 2021, and by Lipinski's father Bi ...

. The City of Palos Hills operates under a Mayor/Council form of government with a Mayor, Clerk and City Treasurer elected at large and 10 Aldermen elected from 5 dual member wards. *Mayor Gerald R. Bennett *City Clerk Rudy Mulderink *City Treasurer Kenneth Nolan. Aldermen: *Ward 1: Martin Kleefisch and Michael Price *Ward 2: Pauline Stratton and Mark Brachman *Ward 3: A.J. Pasek and Michael Lebarre *Ward 4: Joseph Marrotta and Phil Abed *Ward 5: Dawn Nowak and Donna O'Connel North Palos Fire Protection District operates Station 1 and Station 2 in Palos Hills.

Education

Elementary school districts serving Palos Hills: *

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* Palos School District 118 ** All sections are zoned to Palos South Middle School in

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. Currently sections of Palos Hills in District 118 are divided between Palos East Elementary in

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and Palos West Elementary in Palos Park. Prior to 2016-2017 all of the District 118 portion of Palos Hills was in the Palos East zone. Amos Alonzo Stagg High School of the Consolidated High School District 230 serves Palos Hills.Attendance Areas
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is the area community college.

Notable people

Nick Drnaso Nick Drnaso (born 1989 in Palos Hills, Illinois) is an American author and graphic novelist, best known for his books ''Beverly'' (2016, Drawn and Quarterly) and '' Sabrina'' (2018, Drawn and Quarterly), the latter being the first graphic novel ...

Matthew Haag Matthew Haag (born August 3, 1992), better known as Nadeshot (formerly stylized as NaDeSHoT), is an American former professional ''Call of Duty'' player, and current founder, co-owner and CEO of 100 Thieves. As a professional Call of Duty player ...

T. J. McFarland Timothy John McFarland (born June 8, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics ...

, professional baseball pitcher *

Herb Schumann Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. is an American politician who formerly served as a Cook County commissioner from 1990 to 2002. Early life and education Schumann was born in either 1951 or 1952. Shumann's father, Herb Schumann Sr., was one of the incor ...

, former

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Ben Skora Ben Skora was an American inventor residing in Palos Hills, Illinois, who specialized in robotics and home automation. He often worked with spare parts obtained from junk yards or discarded by others. He was best known for building Arok, a huma ...

References

External links

City of Palos Hills official website
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