Elmwood Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 23,698 people and five associated neighborhoods, Elmwood Park is the 93rd largest community in Illinois. Elmwood Park real estate is some of the most expensive in Illinois, although Elmwood Park house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Elmwood Park is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Elmwood Park is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Elmwood Park who work in office and administrative support (11.23%), management occupations (11.17%), and sales jobs (9.03%). Also of interest is that Elmwood Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Elmwood Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.67% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Elmwood Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elmwood Park, the average commute to work is 33.65 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly village. Many of Elmwood Park’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. Although the majority of commuting trips in the village are by private automobile, Elmwood Park is somewhat unusual for a village of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Elmwood Park area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.The overall education level of Elmwood Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.56% of adults in Elmwood Park have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Elmwood Park in 2022 was $42,786, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,144 for a family of four. However, Elmwood Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elmwood Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Elmwood Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elmwood Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Elmwood Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.75% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Elmwood Park include Polish, Italian, Irish, German, and Ukrainian. Elmwood Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.03%. The most common language spoken in Elmwood Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
