What is the population of Harvey city?

Harvey city has 19,831 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #122 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Harvey city?

Median household income in Harvey city is $41,091 a year, 47.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Harvey city?

Median gross rent is $968 a month and the median home value is $86,100, so rent absorbs about 28.3% of median household income.

Is Harvey city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Harvey city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Harvey, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Harvey, Illinois (Harvey, IL — Census place “Harvey city”) is 19,831 residents, ranking #122 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $41,091, the median home is worth $86,100 and median gross rent runs $968 a month. Looking for the Harvey Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Harvey, IL: 60426.

Population: 19,831Harvey city residents
Median household income: $41,091Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $86,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $968Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.3%Owner-occupied households

Harvey ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Harvey.

The Harvey IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

60426

What the numbers mean in Harvey city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Harvey city median would spend about 28.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.2% of residents and 55.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Harvey city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Harvey city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 19,831 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #122 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Harvey city earn a median of $41,091 a year, 47.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 45% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 25.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Harvey city is valued at $86,100, 71.6% below the national figure and 52% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $968 a month, 31.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,616 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 55.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Harvey city?: Harvey city has 19,831 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #122 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Harvey city?: Median household income in Harvey city is $41,091 a year, 47.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Harvey city?: Median gross rent is $968 a month and the median home value is $86,100, so rent absorbs about 28.3% of median household income.
Is Harvey city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Harvey city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Harvey city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.