Calumet City vs Elk Grove Village

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet City and Elk Grove Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Calumet City and Elk Grove Village are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Calumet City has the higher population (35,253 vs 32,132 in Elk Grove Village). Elk Grove Village has the higher median household income ($95,216 vs $53,991 in Calumet City). Elk Grove Village has the higher median home value ($334,400 vs $133,600 in Calumet City).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet City	Elk Grove Village
Population	35,253	32,132
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,991	$95,216
Median home value	$133,600	$334,400
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,574
Housing units	16,868	13,428
Homeownership rate	55.9%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet City	Elk Grove Village
Population	36,551 → 35,253 (-3.6%)	32,942 → 32,132 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$44,456 → $53,991 (+21.4%)	$81,895 → $95,216 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $133,600 (+26.0%)	$271,900 → $334,400 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,138 (+17.7%)	$1,238 → $1,574 (+27.1%)

Calumet City

Population

36,55135,253

Median household income

$44,456$53,991

Median home value

$106,000$133,600

Median gross rent

$967$1,138

Elk Grove Village

Population

32,94232,132

Median household income

$81,895$95,216

Median home value

$271,900$334,400

Median gross rent

$1,238$1,574

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet City	Elk Grove Village
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.9%
75 and over	5.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet City	Elk Grove Village
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	69.0%
Black or African American	73.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet City	Elk Grove Village
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet City	Elk Grove Village
Drove alone	70.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.9%
Public transit	8.1%	2.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.7%	13.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet City	Elk Grove Village
1-unit, detached	52.9%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	9.0%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Calumet City	Elk Grove Village
Poverty rate	23.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1968	1974