Elmwood Park vs Morton Grove

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

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

Morton Grove has the higher population (24,687 vs 23,982 in Elmwood Park). Morton Grove has the higher median household income ($106,078 vs $84,121 in Elmwood Park). Morton Grove has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $325,000 in Elmwood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood Park	Morton Grove
Population	23,982	24,687
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,121	$106,078
Median home value	$325,000	$377,000
Median gross rent	$1,295	$2,210
Housing units	9,741	9,546
Homeownership rate	62.4%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood Park	Morton Grove
Population	24,468 → 23,982 (-2.0%)	23,089 → 24,687 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$59,963 → $84,121 (+40.3%)	$85,360 → $106,078 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $325,000 (+26.0%)	$317,200 → $377,000 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,295 (+15.6%)	$1,823 → $2,210 (+21.2%)

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

Morton Grove

Population

23,08924,687

Median household income

$85,360$106,078

Median home value

$317,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,823$2,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood Park	Morton Grove
Under 5	3.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.6%
75 and over	6.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood Park	Morton Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	53.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	31.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood Park	Morton Grove
No high school diploma	11.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood Park	Morton Grove
Drove alone	72.8%	67.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.9%
Public transit	6.8%	4.4%
Walked	1.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	15.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood Park	Morton Grove
1-unit, detached	51.4%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	11.3%	15.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood Park	Morton Grove
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1956	1960