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Downers Grove township, DuPage County, IL

147,804 Population
49.7 square miles 2,976.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DuPage County: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$67,716 ±$3,762 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in DuPage County: $56,380 ±$1,343
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$106,878 ±$8,005 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in DuPage County: $106,961 ±$2,663
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

5.4% ±1.2% (7,897  ±1,814) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DuPage County: 6.5% † 59,248 (±0.7% / ±6,313)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

28.5 minutes ±0.3 (1,634,175  ±52,299) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in DuPage County: 28 10,758,145 (±0.2 / ±130,883)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

60,884 ±1,875 Number of households
  • DuPage County: 353,618 ±2,418
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.4 ±0.1 (146,546  ±91) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in DuPage County: 2.6 907,663 (±0 / ±180)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

6.3% ±3.2% (1,942  ±990) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in DuPage County: 5.2% † 10,820 (±1% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

63,799 ±2,243 Number of housing units
  • DuPage County: 367,832 ±104
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$437,400 ±$14,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DuPage County: $383,100 ±$5,119
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

10.2% ±2.2% (14,898  ±3,252.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in DuPage County: 10.2% 93,045 (±0.9% / ±8,160.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

94.6% ±3.9% (101,417  ±5,035.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DuPage County: 92.5% 595,566 (±1.7% / ±11,224.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
54.4% ±2.8% (58,318  ±3,451.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in DuPage County: 52.4% 337,222 (±1.3% / ±8,140.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

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

18.4% ±2.2% (27,163  ±3,252) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DuPage County: 20.3% 186,754
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

3.3% ±0.7% (3,833  ±876) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in DuPage County: 3.1% 22,421 (±0.3% / ±2,032)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
3,833 Total veterans ±876 3,661 Male ±878 172 Female ±178

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