Elmwood Park, Illinois demographics

Elmwood Park, IL demographics: median age 41.5; 32.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Elmwood Park village, Illinois · Incorporated village · GEOID 1723724. The survey estimates a population of 23,868 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Elmwood Park is 41.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 3.4 years. There are 9,285 households (±470). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	41.5 ±3.4	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 23,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
Under 18	4,849 ±604	20.3% ±2.5 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	5,266 ±679	22.1% ±2.8 pp	22.7%	22.8%
35–64	9,687 ±795	40.6% ±3.3 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	4,066 ±498	17.0% ±2.1 pp	17.0%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 23,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
Male	11,571 ±652	48.5% ±2.7 pp	49.4%	49.5%
Female	12,297 ±654	51.5% ±2.7 pp	50.6%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 23,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
White alone	14,776 ±929	61.9% ±3.9 pp	61.0%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	429 ±195	1.8% ±0.8 pp	13.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	265 ±214 · low precision	1.1% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	677 ±308	2.8% ±1.3 pp	6.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	14 ±24 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,850 ±1,020	16.1% ±4.3 pp	7.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	3,857 ±956	16.2% ±4.0 pp	10.9%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 23,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,381 ±964	60.3% ±4.0 pp	81.2%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9,487 ±966	39.7% ±4.0 pp	18.8%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,285
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
Married-couple family	3,743 ±344	40.3% ±3.1 pp	45.3%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	700 ±208	7.5% ±2.2 pp	4.9%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,317 ±297	14.2% ±3.1 pp	11.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,772 ±450	29.9% ±4.6 pp	31.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	753 ±244	8.1% ±2.6 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,285
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
Households with people under 18	2,510 ±231	27.0% ±2.1 pp	28.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	6,775 ±572	73.0% ±4.9 pp	71.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,285
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,772 ±450	29.9% ±4.6 pp	31.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,564 ±419	27.6% ±4.3 pp	32.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,651 ±349	17.8% ±3.6 pp	14.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,442 ±283	15.5% ±2.9 pp	12.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	458 ±158	4.9% ±1.7 pp	5.8%	5.9%
Six-person households	283 ±141	3.0% ±1.5 pp	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	115 ±79 · low precision	1.2% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 23,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
Native	17,893 ±801	75.0% ±3.4 pp	85.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,975 ±799	25.0% ±3.3 pp	14.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 23,148
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
English only	12,514 ±893	54.1% ±3.8 pp	76.0%	77.7%
Spanish	5,267 ±905	22.8% ±3.9 pp	14.0%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	18 ±21 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	24 ±27 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	3,943 ±752	17.0% ±3.2 pp	2.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	688 ±242	3.0% ±1.0 pp	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	21 ±28 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	25 ±34 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±24 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	297 ±209 · low precision	1.3% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	89 ±104 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.0%	1.1%
Arabic	73 ±87 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	189 ±245 · low precision	0.8% ±1.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 17,292
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,950 ±381	11.3% ±2.2 pp	9.5%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,156 ±522	24.0% ±2.9 pp	25.1%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	3,954 ±615	22.9% ±3.5 pp	19.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,601 ±390	9.3% ±2.2 pp	8.3%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,329 ±536	19.3% ±3.0 pp	22.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,302 ±410	13.3% ±2.3 pp	15.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 23,795
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Illinois	U.S.
Same house	21,774 ±627	91.5% ±2.6 pp	88.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,474 ±523	6.2% ±2.2 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	83 ±66 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	2.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	103 ±88 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.6%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	361 ±320 · low precision	1.5% ±1.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.8% of Elmwood Park residents (±1.7 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Illinois and 8.4% nationally. 89.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Elmwood Park	Illinois	U.S.	Compared with Illinois
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.8% ±1.7 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	89.6% ±1.3 pp	90.8%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.7% ±1.0 pp	4.8%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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