Evanston vs Schaumburg

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

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

Schaumburg has the higher population (76,780 vs 76,552 in Evanston). Evanston has the higher median household income ($95,766 vs $94,690 in Schaumburg). Evanston has the higher median home value ($472,300 vs $312,200 in Schaumburg).

Population, income & housing

	Evanston	Schaumburg
Population	76,552	76,780
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,766	$94,690
Median home value	$472,300	$312,200
Median gross rent	$1,698	$1,774
Housing units	33,914	33,632
Homeownership rate	55.8%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.3%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evanston	Schaumburg
Population	74,587 → 76,552 (+2.6%)	74,194 → 76,780 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$78,904 → $95,766 (+21.4%)	$83,096 → $94,690 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$391,400 → $472,300 (+20.7%)	$251,100 → $312,200 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,376 → $1,698 (+23.4%)	$1,440 → $1,774 (+23.2%)

Evanston

Population

74,58776,552

Median household income

$78,904$95,766

Median home value

$391,400$472,300

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,698

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)

	Evanston	Schaumburg
Under 5	4.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	15.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.4%
75 and over	7.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evanston	Schaumburg
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	56.0%
Black or African American	14.6%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.0%	23.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evanston	Schaumburg
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	10.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evanston	Schaumburg
Drove alone	42.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.2%
Public transit	13.0%	3.5%
Walked	10.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.5%	17.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evanston	Schaumburg
1-unit, detached	31.9%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	18.9%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	14.6%
20 or more units	30.3%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Evanston	Schaumburg
Poverty rate	11.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1952	1979