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Darien, IL

22,087 Population
6.2 square miles 3,579.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$51,388 ±$3,609 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $42,097 ±$206
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $39,571 ±$169
$104,226 ±$4,880 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $78,790 ±$424
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $72,563 ±$319

4.9% ±1.9% (1,072  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.1% 1,052,422 (±0.2% / ±16,202)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,483,378 (±0.2% / ±20,330)

30.8 minutes ±3.2 (304,285  ±22,253) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 31.3 131,520,050 (±0.1 / ±607,235)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.7 159,394,220 (±0.1 / ±640,721)

Families

8,770 ±342 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,620,900 ±5,749
  • Illinois: 4,930,255 ±7,843
2.5 ±0.1 (22,076  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,451,299
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,531,764

3.4% ±2.4% (154  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5% 115,796 (±0.1% / ±2,660)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 153,901 (±0.1% / ±2,855)

Housing

9,036 ±353 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,926,750 ±1,170
  • Illinois: 5,412,995 ±995

$343,100 ±$7,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $258,500 ±$912
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $212,600 ±$688

7.3% ±2.2% (1,603  ±480.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.9% 1,128,681 (±0.2% / ±14,952)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 12.1% 1,538,036 (±0.1% / ±15,672.6)

Social

96.2% ±4.1% (15,697  ±813.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.5% 5,869,590 (±0.3% / ±18,382.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 89.9% 7,879,557 (±0.2% / ±20,971.3)
53.4% ±3.2% (8,704  ±588.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 39.7% 2,605,475 (±0.2% / ±11,921.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 36.2% 3,169,569 (±0.2% / ±12,870.5)

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

18.7% ±2.2% (4,139  ±494) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.7% 1,696,205 (±0.1% / ±11,299)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 14.1% 1,803,334 (±0.1% / ±11,809)

5.6% ±1.1% (996  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.4% 327,022 (±0.1% / ±4,157)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5.4% 537,552 (±0.1% / ±4,907)
996 Total veterans ±195 937 Male ±185 59 Female ±58

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