Skokie is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 65,497 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Skokie is the 19th largest community in Illinois.

Skokie real estate is some of the most expensive in Illinois, although Skokie house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Skokie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Skokie telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.98% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the village are by private automobile, Skokie is somewhat unusual for a village of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Skokie area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Skokie, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Skokie is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.95% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Skokie in 2022 was $43,338, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $173,352 for a family of four. However, Skokie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Skokie is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Skokie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Skokie residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Skokie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.05% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Skokie include German, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, Irish, Polish, and Italian.

Skokie also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 38.32%.

The most common language spoken in Skokie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.