Elmwood Park vs Rolling Meadows

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

Elmwood Park and Rolling Meadows 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 23,981 in Rolling Meadows). Rolling Meadows has the higher median household income ($100,424 vs $84,121 in Elmwood Park). Elmwood Park has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $299,700 in Rolling Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood Park	Rolling Meadows
Population	23,982	23,981
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,121	$100,424
Median home value	$325,000	$299,700
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,563
Housing units	9,741	9,637
Homeownership rate	62.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood Park	Rolling Meadows
Population	24,468 → 23,982 (-2.0%)	23,219 → 23,981 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$59,963 → $84,121 (+40.3%)	$74,134 → $100,424 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $325,000 (+26.0%)	$241,200 → $299,700 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,295 (+15.6%)	$1,378 → $1,563 (+13.4%)

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

Rolling Meadows

Population

23,21923,981

Median household income

$74,134$100,424

Median home value

$241,200$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood Park	Rolling Meadows
Under 5	3.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.4%
75 and over	6.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood Park	Rolling Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	53.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood Park	Rolling Meadows
No high school diploma	11.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	26.4%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood Park	Rolling Meadows
Drove alone	72.8%	70.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.8%
Public transit	6.8%	2.3%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	13.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood Park	Rolling Meadows
1-unit, detached	51.4%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	12.7%
20 or more units	11.3%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood Park	Rolling Meadows
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1956	1972