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Elmwood Park, IL

24,281 Population
1.9 square miles 12,723.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,285 ±$2,809 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $45,977 ±$242
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $43,198 ±$199
$75,784 ±$10,729 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $85,087 ±$395
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $78,433 ±$297

6.6% ±1.5% (1,578  ±366) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.1% 1,041,869 (±0.2% / ±14,380)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,467,893 (±0.1% / ±16,574)

33.4 minutes ±0.9 (368,935  ±25,833) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 31 126,733,960 (±0.1 / ±614,002)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

9,404 ±351 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,654,700 ±5,005
  • Illinois: 4,968,761 ±7,953
2.6 ±0.1 (24,094  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,414,947
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,480,854

1.7% ±1.2% (102  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5% 115,381 (±0.1% / ±3,225)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 152,825 (±0.1% / ±3,352)

Housing

10,038 ±384 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,942,534 ±830
  • Illinois: 5,427,357 ±1,016

$311,500 ±$11,905 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $288,400 ±$923
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $239,100 ±$749

9% ±2.8% (2,171  ±,671.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.7% 1,102,401 (±0.2% / ±14,210.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,494,528 (±0.1% / ±15,496.9)

Social

90.7% ±5% (15,663  ±,988.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.7% 5,880,177 (±0.3% / ±19,278.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.1% 7,883,680 (±0.3% / ±22,258.1)
30.9% ±3.3% (5,334  ±,599.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 40.2% 2,636,527 (±0.2% / ±12,548.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 36.7% 3,207,450 (±0.2% / ±14,003.2)

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

24.4% ±3.5% (5,915  ±845) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.7% 1,697,201
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,681

3% ±1% (566  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.3% 316,135 (±0.1% / ±4,441)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 518,426 (±0.1% / ±6,053)
566 Total veterans ±187 503 Male ±177 63 Female ±61

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