Berwyn vs Hoffman Estates

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

Berwyn and Hoffman Estates 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 51,186 in Hoffman Estates). Hoffman Estates has the higher median household income ($109,683 vs $75,235 in Berwyn). Hoffman Estates has the higher median home value ($340,400 vs $286,000 in Berwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn	Hoffman Estates
Population	55,888	51,186
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,235	$109,683
Median home value	$286,000	$340,400
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,764
Housing units	21,987	19,526
Homeownership rate	61.1%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn	Hoffman Estates
Population	55,407 → 55,888 (+0.9%)	50,841 → 51,186 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$62,758 → $75,235 (+19.9%)	$91,917 → $109,683 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $286,000 (+35.1%)	$283,300 → $340,400 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,175 (+21.3%)	$1,398 → $1,764 (+26.2%)

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

Hoffman Estates

Population

50,84151,186

Median household income

$91,917$109,683

Median home value

$283,300$340,400

Median gross rent

$1,398$1,764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn	Hoffman Estates
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.9%
75 and over	4.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn	Hoffman Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	48.7%
Black or African American	8.2%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	23.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	60.2%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn	Hoffman Estates
No high school diploma	15.3%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn	Hoffman Estates
Drove alone	64.6%	69.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.3%
Public transit	7.9%	2.5%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	15.7%
Other means	2.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn	Hoffman Estates
1-unit, detached	52.0%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	10.1%
20 or more units	4.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn	Hoffman Estates
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1938	1976