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Berwyn township, Cook County, IL

55,595 Population
3.9 square miles 14,238.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$34,812 ±$1,657 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$78,408 ±$6,616 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

10.9% ±2.3% (6,036  ±1,294) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

29 minutes ±1.9 (732,025  ±59,407) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

20,476 ±909 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.7 ±0.1 (55,403  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

5.3% ±1.8% (707  ±242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,214 (±0.2% / ±2,419)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

22,027 ±883 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$299,800 ±$9,594 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

7.3% ±1.5% (4,025  ±794) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

84.3% ±3.7% (32,062  ±1,677.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
24.2% ±2.1% (9,219  ±843.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 42.7% 1,555,601 (±0.3% / ±10,088.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

25% ±2.4% (13,908  ±1,307) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

3.1% ±0.7% (1,356  ±317) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
1,356 Total veterans ±317 1,321 Male ±314 35 Female ±34

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