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Elgin, IL Metro Division

765,503 Population
1,470.8 square miles 520.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,254 ±$1,338 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,948 ±$510
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$102,359 ±$3,332 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,770 ±$879
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.9% ±0.9% (51,947  ±6,991) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,026,828 (±0.3% / ±23,643)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.2 minutes ±0.7 (9,885,405  ±305,085) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.9 125,151,910 (±0.2 / ±1,209,442)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

276,231 ±2,102 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,690,402 ±9,692
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0 (754,414  ±157) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,254,461 (±0 / ±1,750)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±1% (8,292  ±1,813) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.6% 104,224 (±0.3% / ±6,102)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

284,154 ±88 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,924,020 ±943
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$339,800 ±$5,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $339,700 ±$1,930
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.9% ±1.1% (67,437  ±7,930.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.2% 945,818 (±0.3% / ±31,727.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.3% ±2.1% (454,075  ±10,654) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 90% 5,903,400 (±0.7% / ±42,582.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38% ±1.3% (193,206  ±6,658.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 43.1% 2,825,577 (±0.4% / ±27,146)
  • a little higher than 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

14.2% (108,539  ±6,727) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 19.4% 1,825,700 (±0.3% / ±28,683)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.3% ±0.4% (25,031  ±2,122) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.6% 266,098 (±0.1% / ±7,628)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
25,031 Total veterans ±2,122 23,734 Male ±2,025 1,297 Female ±485

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