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.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Elmwood Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.67% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In Elmwood Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.65 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the village is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. For the size of the village, public transportation in Elmwood Park is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Elmwood Park, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.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.
