Demographics of Zion city, Illinois

Zion city, Illinois had 24,447 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −277 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Zion city, in four figures

24,447
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 24,600 ±39.; −1.1%
Change since July 2020: −277 people.; 32.3 ±2.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,104 ±$10,123
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Zion city, Illinois's population shrank 1.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Zion city, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Zion city, Illinois's population shrank 1.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Zion city, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	24,724	100.0	100.0
2021	24,631	99.6	100.2
2022	24,495	99.1	100.7
2023	24,449	98.9	101.6
2024	24,443	98.9	102.5
2025	24,447	98.9	103.1

Population of Zion city, Illinois on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	24,724	—
2021	24,631	−93
2022	24,495	−136
2023	24,449	−46
2024	24,443	−6
2025	24,447	+4

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 32.3 ±2.0: for men 30.7 ±2.3 and for women 33.8 ±3.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Zion city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Under 5	1,839 ±372	7.5% ±1.5	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,165 ±641	21.0% ±2.6	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,522 ±430	10.3% ±1.7	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,434 ±613	26.2% ±2.5	26.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,843 ±615	23.8% ±2.5	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,797 ±354	11.4% ±1.4	17.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,104 ±$10,123, and income per person $32,277 ±$4,881, in 2024 dollars. The median is $83,390 ±$362 in Illinois and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Zion city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Illinois	United States
Under $25,000	1,667 ±360	18.9% ±3.9	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,774 ±358	20.1% ±3.9	16.0% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,708 ±397	19.4% ±4.3	14.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,095 ±276	12.4% ±3.0	12.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,316 ±299	14.9% ±3.3	18.0% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	831 ±240	9.4% ±2.7	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	422 ±128	4.8% ±1.4	13.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Zion city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Illinois	United States
All ages	3,865 ±796	16.0% ±3.3	11.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,527 ±463	21.8% ±6.0	15.1% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,759 ±349	13.3% ±2.5	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	579 ±179	14.6% ±4.1	10.6% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Zion city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Zion city	Illinois	United States
Housing units	9,374 ±542	5,457,452 ±471	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.0% ±1.8	92.3% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.0% ±1.8	7.7% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	57.8% ±4.4	67.1% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	42.2% ±4.9	32.9% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$183,800 ±$4,690	$263,300 ±$797	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,186 ±$96	$1,274 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1971 ±3	1971 ±2	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Zion city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Hispanic or Latino	10,760 ±1,093	43.7% ±4.4	18.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,030 ±676	24.5% ±2.7	58.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	5,686 ±784	23.1% ±3.2	13.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	711 ±261	2.9% ±1.1	5.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 62	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 198	0% to 0.8%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,290 ±447	5.2% ±1.8	3.4% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Zion city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Born in the state	15,149 ±792	61.6% ±3.2	66.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,361 ±606	17.7% ±2.5	17.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	374 ±170	1.5% ±0.7	1.3% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	4,716 ±642	19.2% ±2.6	14.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,180 ±428	8.9% ±1.7	7.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2,536 ±488	10.3% ±2.0	7.0% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Zion city among the places of Illinois

90th of 337 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Illinois page.

Places of Illinois near Zion city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Woodstock city	26,147 ±365
West Chicago city	25,395 ±51
Alton city	25,279 ±33
Belvidere city	24,752 ±563
Morton Grove village	24,619 ±45
Zion city	24,600 ±39
Melrose Park village	24,549 ±637
Homer Glen village	24,529 ±78
South Elgin village	24,217 ±56
Collinsville city	24,031 ±38
Rolling Meadows city	24,027 ±589

Rankings this appears in

No. 14 Places in Illinois by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 20 Places in Illinois by poverty rate
No. 50 Places in Illinois by foreign-born share
No. 118 Places in Illinois by median rent
No. 169 Places in Illinois by per capita income
No. 177 Places in Illinois by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026