Steger is home to 9,418 people in Illinois. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $156,700. There are 2,767 people per square mile. Households here earn about 20% less than in Illinois as a whole. The foreign-born share is 8%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,575, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 12%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Steger
What changed most since 1990
White share89.9% → 50.7%(−39.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share2.7% → 22.4%(+19.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$131,764 → $156,700(+19%)US over the same years: +67%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)8.6%(59)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.7%(163)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.7%(232)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II12.8%(88)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 689 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Steger, decade by decade
Steger population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,584
$71,769
$131,764
8.5%
23.2
2000
9,682
$78,832
$178,704
10.5%
37.2
2010
9,570
$63,411
$200,537
12.9%
66.9
2020
9,584
$59,986
$131,021
17.3%
82.9
2024
9,418
$66,575
$156,700
17.9%
81.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
