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Elgin township, Kane County, IL

105,142 Population
31.9 square miles 3,294 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kane County: 39.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,757 ±$2,716 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kane County: $46,854 ±$1,600
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,968 ±$12,292 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kane County: $103,970 ±$5,107
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.4% ±2.3% (7,600  ±2,412) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Kane County: 6.9% † 35,663 (±1.2% / ±6,039)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.6 minutes ±0.3 (1,272,170  ±44,098) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Kane County: 27.8 6,214,035 (±0.4 / ±126,496)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

37,246 ±1,966 Number of households
  • Kane County: 188,604 ±1,725
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.2 (103,188  ±110) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kane County: 2.7 515,692 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±3.7% (1,276  ±882) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kane County: 4.3% † 5,120 (±1.3% / ±1,500)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

38,268 ±2,056 Number of housing units
  • Kane County: 193,695 ±78
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$315,500 ±$14,797 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kane County: $352,100 ±$6,300
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.2% ±3.4% (10,622  ±3,553.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kane County: 8.6% † 44,448 (±1.3% / ±6,644.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

83.9% ±5.1% (60,888  ±4,729.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kane County: 87.3% 309,007 (±2.5% / ±8,817.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.3% ±3.4% (23,406  ±2,715.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kane County: 37.8% 133,953 (±1.5% / ±5,372.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 90 percent of 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

23% ±4% (24,186  ±4,215) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kane County: 16.9% 87,878
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.8% ±0.9% (2,194  ±734) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kane County: 3.9% † 15,814 (±0.5% / ±1,902)
  • 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)
2,194 Total veterans ±734 2,194 Male ±734 N/A Female ±208

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