Skokie, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Skokie village is a small city in Illinois, with 66,427 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #19 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 42.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Skokie village earn a median of $93,550 a year, 19.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 26% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Skokie village is valued at $368,600, 21.5% above the national figure and 106% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,491 a month, 6% above the national figure, or roughly $17,892 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 74.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.