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Buffalo Grove, IL

42,824 Population
9.6 square miles 4,479.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,111 ±$3,588 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$129,820 ±$7,558 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

6.5% ±2.1% (2,789  ±914) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

27.5 minutes ±2.6 (446,285  ±28,874) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

16,068 ±492 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.7 ±0.1 (42,592  ±59) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.7% ±1.7% (476  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

16,567 ±503 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$392,900 ±$13,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

9.8% ±1.8% (4,141  ±741.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

96.9% ±3.5% (28,340  ±1,190.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
66.6% ±2.8% (19,502  ±906.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

36.7% ±2.5% (15,693  ±1,049) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

2.8% ±0.8% (914  ±252) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
914 Total veterans ±252 808 Male ±215 106 Female ±75

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