Elk Grove Village vs Niles

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

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

Elk Grove Village has the higher population (32,132 vs 30,262 in Niles). Elk Grove Village has the higher median household income ($95,216 vs $78,563 in Niles). Niles has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $334,400 in Elk Grove Village).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Grove Village	Niles
Population	32,132	30,262
Median age	43.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,216	$78,563
Median home value	$334,400	$350,900
Median gross rent	$1,574	$1,247
Housing units	13,428	11,808
Homeownership rate	73.7%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Grove Village	Niles
Population	32,942 → 32,132 (-2.5%)	29,451 → 30,262 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$81,895 → $95,216 (+16.3%)	$64,772 → $78,563 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$271,900 → $334,400 (+23.0%)	$284,400 → $350,900 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,238 → $1,574 (+27.1%)	$1,141 → $1,247 (+9.3%)

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

Niles

Population

29,45130,262

Median household income

$64,772$78,563

Median home value

$284,400$350,900

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Niles
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.5%
75 and over	8.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	61.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.7%	20.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Grove Village	Niles
No high school diploma	7.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Niles
Drove alone	73.8%	71.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.7%
Public transit	2.2%	4.6%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.9%
Worked from home	13.4%	9.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Niles
1-unit, detached	57.9%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	15.8%	22.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elk Grove Village	Niles
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1974	1965