BlockPalos Heights, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Worth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60463. The Survey maps it on the Palos Park quadrangle. 12,068 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPalos Heights fell from 12,515 to 12,068 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12,515 | |
| 2020 | 12,068 | -447 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1890 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1928 USGS Palos Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Palos Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Palos Park quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Palos Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Palos Park quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Palos Heights: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palos Heights in 5 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palos Heights | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palos Heights | - | A photo shared on social media showed a 10 inch diameter tree that was snapped. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Palos Heights | - | Multiple reports of street flooding were received from Palos Heights, Chicago Ridge and Oak Lawn. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Palos Heights | - | A tornado with estimated peak winds of 85 mph touched down near Harlem Avenue and 135th Street and moved nearly due east, paralleling 135th Street. Numerous tree limbs were blown down along trails in a forest preserve south of 135th Street. Significant tree damage occurred near 135th Street and Central Avenue. Minor roof damage to a home and a large uprooted tree occurred near Laramie Avenue. Tree damage occurred during the rest of the path of the tornado, which crossed Interstate 294 and then ended near Mozart Street and 135th Street. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Palos Heights | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worth | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Palos Park | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Southmoor | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Palos Hills | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Crestwood | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Chicago Ridge | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Alsip | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Goeselville | 3.1 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Palos Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q578625 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 415327. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.