Blue Island vs Elmwood Park

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Island and Elmwood Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Island and Elmwood Park are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elmwood Park has the higher population (23,982 vs 23,416 in Blue Island). Elmwood Park has the higher median household income ($84,121 vs $60,965 in Blue Island). Elmwood Park has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $169,800 in Blue Island).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Island	Elmwood Park
Population	23,416	23,982
Median age	36.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,965	$84,121
Median home value	$169,800	$325,000
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,295
Housing units	9,340	9,741
Homeownership rate	49.1%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Island	Elmwood Park
Population	22,611 → 23,416 (+3.6%)	24,468 → 23,982 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$48,398 → $60,965 (+26.0%)	$59,963 → $84,121 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $169,800 (+38.4%)	$258,000 → $325,000 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,071 (+23.5%)	$1,120 → $1,295 (+15.6%)

Blue Island

Population

22,61123,416

Median household income

$48,398$60,965

Median home value

$122,700$169,800

Median gross rent

$867$1,071

Elmwood Park

Population

24,46823,982

Median household income

$59,963$84,121

Median home value

$258,000$325,000

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Island	Elmwood Park
Under 5	5.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.1%
75 and over	4.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Island	Elmwood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	19.2%	55.0%
Black or African American	35.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	38.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Island	Elmwood Park
No high school diploma	18.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Island	Elmwood Park
Drove alone	69.4%	72.8%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.8%
Public transit	8.2%	6.8%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.7%	10.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Island	Elmwood Park
1-unit, detached	44.1%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	19.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Blue Island	Elmwood Park
Poverty rate	16.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1961	1956