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Des Plaines city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Des Plaines city is a Census city of 59,156 people across 14.24 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $97,875, 78.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 155 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $52.3 m.
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Des Plaines
What Des Plaines is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.24 sq mi
- Water area0.15 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,155
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Plaines
How many people live in Des Plaines
- Population59,156
- Median age42.3
- Population under 1812,092
- Share under 1820.4 percent
- Population 65 and over12,284
- Share 65 and over20.8 percent
- Households22,537
- Family households15,768
- Share of households that are families70.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Plaines
Income and work in Des Plaines
- Median household income$97,875
- Per capita income$45,076
- Civilian labor force31,813
- Employed30,500
- Unemployed1,313 plus or minus 298
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over43,162
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Plaines
Housing in Des Plaines
- Housing units23,856
- Occupied units22,537
- Vacant units1,319 plus or minus 289
- Vacancy rate5.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied17,645
- Renter occupied4,892
- Ownership rate78.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$335,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,606
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent
- Single family units15,983
- Share single family67.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,266
- Share in buildings of two or more30.5 percent
- Mobile homes607 plus or minus 158
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Plaines
How Des Plaines gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute25,661
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,377
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more10,892
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.4 percent
- Drove alone67.2 percent
- Carpooled11.4 percent
- Public transport4.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home13.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Plaines
SBA loans in Des Plaines (7(a))
- Approvals155
- Gross approval$52,297,900
- Average approval$337,406
- Median approval$103,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$908,700
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,508
- Jobs per approval9.7
- Loans with a final outcome31
- Paid in full30
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans3.2 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.0 percent
- Share to franchises8.4 percent
- Distinct lenders34
- Distinct industries by NAICS64
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Des Plaines
SBA loans in Des Plaines (504)
- Approvals35
- Gross approval$42,076,000
- Average approval$1,202,171
- Median approval$616,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported469
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Des Plaines
Flood risk in Des Plaines
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 5
- NFIP community number170081
- Currently effective map date08/19/08
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cook County, not Des Plaines
Cook County context, not Des Plaines figures
These are Cook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Des Plaines measurements.
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Employment at those establishments, Cook County2,492,328
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Average weekly wage, Cook County$1,672
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
- Of those, single family, Cook County1,142
- County product, 2024, Cook County$546,440,623,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cook County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cook County$91,691
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Des Plaines. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Des Plaines questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Des Plaines, Illinois?
59,156, in 22,537 households. Des Plaines city covers 14.24 square miles of land, which is 4,155 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Des Plaines in?
Cook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Des Plaines?
$97,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $335,600. Median gross rent is $1,606 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Des Plaines businesses?
155 7(a) approvals totalling $52.3 m, across 34 lenders, median approval $103,000, plus 35 504 approvals worth $42.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Des Plaines, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Des Plaines borrowers get paid back?
Of the 31 loans that have reached a final outcome, 30 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 3.2 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Des Plaines in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Des Plaines appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170081, carrying Community Rating System class 5, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Des Plaines figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Des Plaines.
Is zoning published for Des Plaines?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.