Chicago vs Schaumburg

A side-by-side comparison of Chicago and Schaumburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chicago has the higher population (2,707,648 vs 76,780 in Schaumburg). Schaumburg has the higher median household income ($94,690 vs $75,134 in Chicago). Chicago has the higher median home value ($315,200 vs $312,200 in Schaumburg).

Population, income & housing

	Chicago	Schaumburg
Population	2,707,648	76,780
Median age	35.7 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,134	$94,690
Median home value	$315,200	$312,200
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,774
Housing units	1,268,199	33,632
Homeownership rate	45.5%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicago	Schaumburg
Population	2,709,534 → 2,707,648 (-0.1%)	74,194 → 76,780 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$58,247 → $75,134 (+29.0%)	$83,096 → $94,690 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $315,200 (+22.2%)	$251,100 → $312,200 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,380 (+24.1%)	$1,440 → $1,774 (+23.2%)

Chicago

Population

2,709,5342,707,648

Median household income

$58,247$75,134

Median home value

$258,000$315,200

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,380

Schaumburg

Population

74,19476,780

Median household income

$83,096$94,690

Median home value

$251,100$312,200

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicago	Schaumburg
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	19.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.4%
75 and over	5.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicago	Schaumburg
White (non-Hispanic)	32.2%	56.0%
Black or African American	28.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.0%	23.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicago	Schaumburg
No high school diploma	13.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	21.3%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicago	Schaumburg
Drove alone	46.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.2%
Public transit	19.3%	3.5%
Walked	5.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.3%	17.6%
Other means	2.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicago	Schaumburg
1-unit, detached	25.6%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	18.9%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	26.5%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Chicago	Schaumburg
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1952	1979