Hazel Crest, IL has a population of 13,924 people with a median age of 39.6 and a median household income of $50,661. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Hazel Crest, IL declined from 14,195 to 13,924, a 1.91% decrease and its median household income declined from $52,134 to $50,661, a 2.83% decrease.
The population of Hazel Crest, IL is 84.2% Black, 9.2% White, and 5.79% Hispanic. 5.11% of the people in Hazel Crest, IL speak a non-English language, and 99% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Hazel Crest, IL are Northwestern University, with 9,543 graduates, University of Illinois at Chicago, with 7,070 graduates, and DePaul University, with 6,531 graduates.
The median property value in Hazel Crest, IL is $109,800, and the homeownership rate is 66.4%. Most people in Hazel Crest, IL commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 33 minutes. The average car ownership in Hazel Crest, IL is 2 cars per household.
Hazel Crest, IL is a census place located in Cook County, IL. It borders Country Club Hills, IL; East Hazel Crest, IL; Flossmoor, IL; Harvey, IL; Homewood, IL; and Markham, IL& 1 more.
The economy of Hazel Crest, IL employs 5,838 people. The economy of Hazel Crest, IL is specialized in Transportation & Warehousing; Healthcare & Social Assistance; and Public Admin., which employ respectively 3.6; 1.48; and 1.14 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Hazel Crest, IL are Healthcare & Social Assistance (1,200), Transportation & Warehousing (873), and Retail trade (716), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($76,094), Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($74,417), and Arts, Entertainment, Recreation ($54,821).
Median household income in Hazel Crest, IL is $50,661. Males in Hazel Crest, IL have an average income that is 1.36 times higher than the average income of females, which is $52,320. The income inequality of Hazel Crest, IL (measured using the Gini index) is 0.488 which is higher than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Hazel Crest, IL. In Cook County, IL the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 25-34, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 94 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $10,353. St. Clair County, IL has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Illinois.
Hazel Crest, IL is home to a population of 13,924 people, from which 99% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Hazel Crest, IL is composed of 11,718 Black residents (84.2%), 1,287 White residents (9.2%), 806 Hispanic residents (5.79%), 85 Two+ residents (0.61%), and 14 Asian residents (0.1%). The most common foreign languages in Hazel Crest, IL are Spanish (596 speakers), French (136 speakers), and African Languages (51 speakers), but compared to other places, Hazel Crest, IL has a relative high number of French (136 speakers), Thai (18 speakers), and African Languages (51 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area awarded 153,195 degrees. The student population of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area is skewed towards females, with 63,222 male students and 89,973 female students. Most students in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area are White (77,048 and 50.3%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (21,948 and 14.3%), Black or African American (21,442 and 14%), and Asian (10,108 and 6.6%). The largest universities in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area by number of graduates are Northwestern University (9,543 and 6.23%), University of Illinois at Chicago (7,070 and 4.62%), and DePaul University (6,531 and 4.26%). The most popular majors in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area are Registered Nursing (8,001 and 5.22%), General Business Administration & Management (3,250 and 2.12%), and General Psychology (2,963 and 1.93%). The median tuition costs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area are $35,250 for private four year colleges, and $8,160 and $18,088 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Hazel Crest, IL is $109,800, which is 0.54 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value decreased from $114,200 to $109,800, a 3.85% increase. The homeownership rate of Hazel Crest, IL is 66.4%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Hazel Crest, IL have an average commute time of 33 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Hazel Crest, IL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.