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Downers Grove township, DuPage County, IL

150,109 Population
49.7 square miles 3,022.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DuPage County: 40.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$70,275 ±$4,792 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in DuPage County: $58,042 ±$1,426
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$114,912 ±$10,774 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in DuPage County: $110,686 ±$4,381
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.9% ±1.6% (8,859  ±2,373) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in DuPage County: 6.2% † 57,302 (±0.8% / ±6,895)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.3 minutes ±0.4 (1,592,010  ±54,751) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in DuPage County: 27.7 10,361,955 (±0.3 / ±154,832)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

59,682 ±2,136 Number of households
  • DuPage County: 351,826 ±2,698
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (148,809  ±79) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in DuPage County: 2.6 923,375 (±0 / ±126)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±2.2% (1,524  ±686) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DuPage County: 5.5% † 11,752 (±1% / ±2,027)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

62,914 ±2,449 Number of housing units
  • DuPage County: 368,568 ±439
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$455,900 ±$18,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DuPage County: $409,100 ±$7,083
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.2% ±2.4% (12,196  ±3,543.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DuPage County: 9.5% † 88,243 (±1% / ±9,123)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.8% ±3.8% (102,281  ±5,102.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DuPage County: 92.6% 607,858 (±1.8% / ±11,983.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
56.3% ±3% (60,718  ±3,711.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DuPage County: 52.8% 346,681 (±1.3% / ±8,304)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

19.6% ±2.6% (29,438  ±3,898) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DuPage County: 21.1% 197,227
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.8% ±0.8% (3,345  ±942) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DuPage County: 3.2% 23,652 (±0.3% / ±1,942)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,345 Total veterans ±942 2,873 Male ±807 472 Female ±358

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