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Harvard, IL

9,598 Population
8.4 square miles 1,145.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28 ±3.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$26,172 ±$2,824 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$67,617 ±$8,820 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

11.8% ±6.4% (1,122  ±617) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

26.2 minutes ±4 (110,910  ±21,601) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

3,125 ±292 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
3.1 ±0.4 (9,567  ±612) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

7.5% ±6.3% (185  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

3,285 ±328 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$175,400 ±$10,686 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

17.5% ±7.3% (1,653  ±696.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.9% 1,009,281 (±0.1% / ±13,353.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

83.2% ±5.7% (4,400  ±496.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
18.7% ±4.3% (991  ±245.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

18.6% ±4.5% (1,784  ±446) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

6.7% ±2.6% (433  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
433 Total veterans ±172 380 Male ±136 53 Female ±62

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