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Elburn, IL

5,981 Population
3.7 square miles 1,603.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$39,916 ±$5,958 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $42,097 ±$206
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $39,571 ±$169
$99,877 ±$14,758 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

7.8% ±5.8% (466  ±349) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.1% 1,052,422 (±0.2% / ±16,202)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,483,378 (±0.2% / ±20,330)

28 minutes ±7.1 (72,665  ±22,547) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 31.3 131,520,050 (±0.1 / ±607,235)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.7 159,394,220 (±0.1 / ±640,721)

Families

1,973 ±259 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,620,900 ±5,749
  • Illinois: 4,930,255 ±7,843
3 ±0.4 (5,981  ±316) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,451,299
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,531,764

3.1% ±4.2% (42  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5% 115,796 (±0.1% / ±2,660)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 153,901 (±0.1% / ±2,855)

Housing

2,154 ±258 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,926,750 ±1,170
  • Illinois: 5,412,995 ±995

$273,400 ±$13,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $258,500 ±$912
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $212,600 ±$688

3.1% ±2.2% (184  ±132.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.9% 1,128,681 (±0.2% / ±14,952)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 12.1% 1,538,036 (±0.1% / ±15,672.6)

Social

99% ±11.4% (3,376  ±558) 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)
46.3% ±11.3% (1,577  ±428.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 39.7% 2,605,475 (±0.2% / ±11,921.5)
  • about 1.3 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

0.3% ±0.5% (16  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.7% 1,696,205 (±0.1% / ±11,299)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.1% 1,803,334 (±0.1% / ±11,809)

13.5% ±7.2% (536  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.4% 327,022 (±0.1% / ±4,157)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5.4% 537,552 (±0.1% / ±4,907)
536 Total veterans ±290 486 Male ±259 50 Female ±64

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