People QuickFacts University Park Illinois Population, 2011 estimate 7,170 12,859,752 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 7,129 12,830,632 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.6% 0.2% Population, 2010 7,129 12,830,632 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.4% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 33.8% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 6.8% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 55.3% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.1% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.8% 14.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 4.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.5% 15.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 5.5% 63.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.7% 86.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.5% 13.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.5% 22.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 96.1% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 24.4% 30.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 420 770,388 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 40.6 28.1  Housing units, 2010 2,730 5,296,715 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 54.3% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 38.3% 32.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $149,400 $198,500 Households, 2007-2011 2,433 4,773,002 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.88 2.62 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,083 $29,376 Median household income, 2007-2011 $49,133 $56,576 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.6% 13.1%     Business QuickFacts University Park Illinois Total number of firms, 2007 439 1,123,817 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 37.1% 9.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 5.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 30.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 387,460 257,760,713 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 542,975 231,082,768 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) D 165,450,520 Retail sales per capita, 2007 D $12,947 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 25,469,026     Geography QuickFacts University Park Illinois Land area in square miles, 2010 10.84 55,518.93 Persons per square mile, 2010 657.8 231.1 FIPS Code 76935 17 Counties Cook County Will County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts