Western Springs, Illinois Demographics

Western Springs is 46th out of 6,406 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Western Springs is 5th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Western Springs is 7th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Home ownership rate

Western Springs is 8th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Western Springs is 9th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Income per household

Western Springs is 16th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Home median value

Western Springs is 17th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Western Springs is 18th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Income per capita

Western Springs is 20th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Western Springs	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	13,105	186th	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2.8	306th	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4,647.2	50th	231.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Western Springs	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	202nd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	32.3%	17th	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.1%	140th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Western Springs	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	98.8%	5th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	74.2%	8th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Western Springs	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	96.8%	20th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	333rd	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	317th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	200th	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	265th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	334th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	269th	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	28th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Western Springs	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	51.6%	156th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.1%	224th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Western Springs	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	4,590	202nd	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.8%	331st	32.9%	25.9%
Households	4,156	205th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	96.0%	7th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$566,700	16th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	3.1	39th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Western Springs	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$56,872	18th	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$136,096	9th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	1.9%	333rd	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Western Springs	Rank	Illinois	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,545	150th	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$74,820	257th	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,004	268th	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,500	267th	$25,469,026	$613,795,732