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Elgin, IL Metro Division

755,246 Population
1,470.9 square miles 513.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,227 ±$1,118 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,011 ±$493
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$95,301 ±$3,388 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $87,071 ±$941
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.3% ±1% (61,861  ±7,510) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11% 1,001,327 (±0.3% / ±31,097)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.8 minutes ±0.8 (9,881,870  ±320,859) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 121,937,864 (±0.3 / ±1,292,105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

271,057 ±2,211 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,671,659 ±10,232
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0 (744,547  ±263) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,116,615 (±0 / ±2,516)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.3% ±0.8% (7,645  ±1,460) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.5% 100,521 (±0.2% / ±5,146)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

280,899 ±207 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,911,902 ±917
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$310,600 ±$6,421 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $316,500 ±$2,570
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.8% ±0.8% (65,869  ±6,328.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.6% 967,333 (±0.3% / ±27,737.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.4% ±2.1% (445,902  ±10,337) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,782,176 (±0.6% / ±39,379.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37.8% ±1.4% (188,451  ±6,813) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 42.1% 2,709,482 (±0.4% / ±25,714.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

14.8% (111,426  ±6,763) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.9% 1,748,189 (±0.3% / ±26,434)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.2% ±0.4% (23,956  ±2,475) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.7% 268,209 (±0.1% / ±8,256)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
23,956 Total veterans ±2,475 21,615 Male ±2,332 2,341 Female ±753

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