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Downers Grove township, DuPage County, IL

147,392 Population
49.7 square miles 2,968.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in DuPage County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.1 ±0.3

Economics

$65,101 ±$5,297 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in DuPage County: $56,418 ±$1,476
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $43,317 ±$328
$104,573 ±$7,758 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in DuPage County: $102,152 ±$3,054
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $76,708 ±$584

8.6% ±2.5% (12,531  ±3,631) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in DuPage County: 6.7% † 61,047 (±0.9% / ±8,068)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.9% 1,469,643 (±0.3% / ±33,705)

28.1 minutes ±1 (1,573,660  ±126,318) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in DuPage County: 27.3 10,413,950 (±0.4 / ±264,393)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.9 145,167,340 (±0.2 / ±1,228,214)

Families

57,253 ±1,947 Number of households
  • DuPage County: 351,021 ±2,611
  • Illinois: 5,056,360 ±12,532
2.6 ±0.1 (146,199  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in DuPage County: 2.6 907,127 (±0 / ±210)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,306,684

7.5% ±2.1% (2,292  ±677) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DuPage County: 6.6% † 13,643 (±0.9% / ±1,828)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 147,198 (±0.2% / ±7,160)

Housing

60,788 ±2,364 Number of housing units
  • DuPage County: 367,206 ±112
  • Illinois: 5,452,461 ±350

$431,700 ±$19,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in DuPage County: $364,900 ±$4,655
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $251,600 ±$1,738

8.9% ±1.7% (12,954  ±2,470.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DuPage County: 11.1% 101,015 (±0.9% / ±7,759.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,452,510 (±0.3% / ±33,278.5)

Social

96.8% ±3.7% (100,839  ±4,819) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in DuPage County: 93.2% 598,267 (±1.8% / ±11,440.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.4% 7,858,460 (±0.5% / ±44,773)
56.3% ±3% (58,611  ±3,534) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DuPage County: 52.7% 338,251 (±1.3% / ±8,101.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 37.7% 3,275,418 (±0.3% / ±27,545.1)

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

17.5% ±2% (25,765  ±2,939) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DuPage County: 20% 184,352
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 14.4% 1,810,100

4% ±0.8% (4,511  ±856) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DuPage County: 3.6% 25,733 (±0.3% / ±1,973)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 475,496 (±0.1% / ±11,735)
4,511 Total veterans ±856 4,382 Male ±838 129 Female ±107

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