Alsip
What’s happening
Weather
Forecast →Upcoming events
Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.
Local news
Loading local headlines…
Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.
The Alsip album
Outdoors in Alsip
Parks & trails →Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
![Till boy's funeral, Burr Oaks Cemetary [sic]](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/4283/efec2cb60b800a342338-l.jpg)
1955
Till boy's funeral, Burr Oaks Cemetary [sic], 1955
Photo · Wikimedia Commons
About Alsip
Village in Illinois, United StatesAlsip is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,063 at the 2020 census. It is a south suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. Alsip was settled in the 1830s by German and Dutch farmers. The village is named after Frank Alsip, the owner of a brickyard that opened there in 1885. The village began to grow after the Tri-State Tollway was built there in 1959.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
How Alsip ranks
All →Town numbers
Housing in Alsip
The typical Alsip home is worth about $277,000, up 5.7% in a year, 7% below the Illinois typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Alsip
Safety Grade C-
Alsip reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 84% report less.
Health in Alsip
Health Grade B
Healthier than 63% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 84% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 26 are too close to call.
What stands out
Care nearby
Natural hazards in Alsip
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities.
Where Alsip is
Explore map →
Location map