The 24th district is diverse and includes the following neighborhoods: Back of the Yards, Bridgeport, Brighton Park, Armour Square/Chinatown, Marshall Square, McKinley Park, and Pilsen.
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Demographic data for the 24th district, as well as comparisons by neighborhoods and regions, are located below.
Data is compiled from Census Reporter and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).
No copyright infringement is intended for either sources, whose data comes from the Census and falls under public domain; additionally, under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, fair use permits usage for cases such as educational purposes.
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If you wish to see more detailed data, click here.
​Alternatively, see here for the spreadsheet with numbers and charts, in addition to the specific links referenced from both sources.

Disclaimer:

• Demographic data is never 100% accurate, but it serves as a good representation of the actual data and is relatively reliable.
• The spreadsheet was last updated on 7/19/24, with both sources for the spreadsheet using ACS 2022 (past 5 years) for its data. As a result, shifts in demographics can occur in the future once new data is available. 
• There are some slight discrepancies in data between the two sources. In particular, Census Reporter tends to have most of its metric counts add up to the population count, while CMAP does not.​​
• Certain data for "neighborhoods" are actually for community areas, which can contain multiple neighborhoods in addition to the ones representative Mah is in charge of. As such, data for them might not be as accurate as the others since they also take into account the demographics for other neighborhood within the area.
  • New City includes Back of the Yards, Armour Square includes Chinatown, South Lawndale includes Marshall Square, and Lower West Side includes Pilsen as one of its neighborhoods.

Notes:

• "Other/Multiple" from the race charts includes the following races: Native, Islander, Mixed and Other.
• The education charts only consider Americans that are 25 and older. No degree refers to people who are 25+ that doesn't have a degree, not kids still in school.
• For most situations, it can be inferred that values further away from the district median means that a place has more of its distribution towards one side of the scale. It also means that values close to the median suggests that the place has a similar distribution as the district.

24th District Comparison by Regions

The district and city have a higher proportion of people ages 20-49 than the state and country, but they both have a lower proportion of people among the other ages.

Compared to the other regions, the district has a higher proportion of lower-class ($<25k) and middle-class ($25k - $50k) households. It also has a lower proportion of upper-class (>$150k) households.

Similarly, the city has a lower proportion of households with an income between $50k to $100k, unlike the other regions.

In other words, the district and city tend to consist of lower-classes more than the state and country does.

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Both the city and the district have a higher proportion of Asian and Hispanic people, with the distribution being even more extreme in the district. Likewise, both regions also have a lower proportion of white people with the same extremity.

The district and city has the highest proportion of adults without a degree and the lowest proportion of people who are in college.

Moreover, the district has the lowest proportion of people with a Bachelor's or graduate degree compared to the city, state, and country.

24th District Comparison by Neighborhood

Medians are around the expected range for the district, except for Armour Square and McKinley Park, whose demographics consist of older people more.

Median Age:

• 24th District: 35.7
• New City: 34.1
• Bridgeport: 37.4
• Brighton Park: 31.2
• Armour Square: 47.3
• South Lawndale: 33.2
• McKinley Park: 39.2
• Lower West Side: 33.5

As the region gets smaller until it reaches the district, the median household income continues to decrease. In terms of neighborhoods, aside from Bridgeport, McKinley Park, and Lower West Side, the general median income is much lower than the district's.

Median Household Income:

• United States: $74,755
• Illinois: $76,708
• Chicago: $70,386 
• 24th District: $64,170

 

• New City: $37,274
• Bridgeport: $68,080
• Brighton Park: $47,962
• Armour Square: $37,405
• South Lawndale: $38,953
• McKinley Park: $65,872
• Lower West Side: $61,925

​Compared to other regions, the 24th District generally has a lower population of white people; however, it makes up for that with its high population of Hispanic and Asian people.

Areas with the highest proportions:

• White: Bridgeport
• Black: New City
• Asian: Armour Square
• Hispanic: South Lawndale
• Other/Multiple: Lower West Side

The trend for education is quite similar to that of household income, where the closer the region is to the district, the lower the median.

Education progress (% of high school graduates | % of Bachelor's degree): 

• United States: 89.63% | 35.66%
• Illinois: 90.40% | 37.68%
• Chicago: 86.51% | 43.73%
• 24th District: 75.14% | 31.19%

 

• New City: 67.87% | 9.83%
• Bridgeport: 81.71% | 38.00%
• Brighton Park: 69.19% | 12.53%
• Armour Square: 64.43% | 29.61%
• South Lawndale: 61.14% | 11.09%
• McKinley Park: 77.39% | 28.34%
• Lower West Side: 76.20% | 37.32%

References:
https://censusreporter.org/profiles/62000US17024-state-house-district-24-il/
https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US1714000-chicago-il/
https://censusreporter.org/profiles/04000US17-illinois/
https://censusreporter.org/profiles/01000US-united-states/

https://cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/New-City.pdf
https://cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Bridgeport.pdf
https://cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Brighton-Park.pdf
https://cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Armour-Square.pdf
https://cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/South-Lawndale.pdf
https://cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/McKinley-Park.pdf
https://cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Lower-West-Side.pdf