Berwyn vs Glenview

A side-by-side comparison of Berwyn and Glenview: population, income, housing, and more.

Berwyn and Glenview are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berwyn has the higher population (55,888 vs 47,682 in Glenview). Glenview has the higher median household income ($138,758 vs $75,235 in Berwyn). Glenview has the higher median home value ($598,800 vs $286,000 in Berwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn	Glenview
Population	55,888	47,682
Median age	36.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,235	$138,758
Median home value	$286,000	$598,800
Median gross rent	$1,175	$2,027
Housing units	21,987	19,405
Homeownership rate	61.1%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn	Glenview
Population	55,407 → 55,888 (+0.9%)	47,416 → 47,682 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$62,758 → $75,235 (+19.9%)	$115,198 → $138,758 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $286,000 (+35.1%)	$499,900 → $598,800 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,175 (+21.3%)	$1,771 → $2,027 (+14.5%)

Berwyn

Population

55,40755,888

Median household income

$62,758$75,235

Median home value

$211,700$286,000

Median gross rent

$969$1,175

Glenview

Population

47,41647,682

Median household income

$115,198$138,758

Median home value

$499,900$598,800

Median gross rent

$1,771$2,027

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn	Glenview
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.0%
75 and over	4.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn	Glenview
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	68.8%
Black or African American	8.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	60.2%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn	Glenview
No high school diploma	15.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn	Glenview
Drove alone	64.6%	63.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	5.5%
Public transit	7.9%	7.9%
Walked	2.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	19.5%
Other means	2.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn	Glenview
1-unit, detached	52.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	6.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn	Glenview
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1938	1977