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Evanston, IL

75,073 Population
7.8 square miles 9,650.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$62,904 ±$6,176 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,011 ±$493
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$97,085 ±$14,437 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $87,071 ±$941
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

12.4% ±3.5% (8,486  ±2,365) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11% 1,001,327 (±0.3% / ±31,097)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

29.2 minutes ±2.4 (774,670  ±94,464) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 121,937,864 (±0.3 / ±1,292,105)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 150,482,720 (±0.2 / ±1,340,109)

Families

31,310 ±1,592 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,671,659 ±10,232
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.2 ±0.1 (68,339  ±274) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,116,615 (±0 / ±2,516)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 † 12,271,503 (±,109.6 / ±-555,555,600)

6% ±3.4% (1,112  ±634) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.5% 100,521 (±0.2% / ±5,146)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

31,941 ±1,699 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,911,902 ±917
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$449,600 ±$39,044 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $316,500 ±$2,570
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

20% ±4.1% (14,859  ±3,055.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.6% 967,333 (±0.3% / ±27,737.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

96.2% ±5.3% (46,834  ±3,455.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,782,176 (±0.6% / ±39,379.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
73% ±5.1% (35,572  ±3,028.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 42.1% 2,709,482 (±0.4% / ±25,714.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

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

19% ±3.6% (14,285  ±2,705) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.9% 1,748,189 (±0.3% / ±26,434)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 15% † 1,878,890 (±,662.8% / ±26,918)

1.9% ±0.7% (1,173  ±436) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.7% 268,209 (±0.1% / ±8,256)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
1,173 Total veterans ±436 924 Male ±400 249 Female ±265

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