Palatine vs Schaumburg

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

Palatine 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 66,548 in Palatine). Palatine has the higher median household income ($95,950 vs $94,690 in Schaumburg). Palatine has the higher median home value ($347,900 vs $312,200 in Schaumburg).

Population, income & housing

	Palatine	Schaumburg
Population	66,548	76,780
Median age	39.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,950	$94,690
Median home value	$347,900	$312,200
Median gross rent	$1,467	$1,774
Housing units	28,170	33,632
Homeownership rate	67.2%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palatine	Schaumburg
Population	68,407 → 66,548 (-2.7%)	74,194 → 76,780 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$80,526 → $95,950 (+19.2%)	$83,096 → $94,690 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$284,400 → $347,900 (+22.3%)	$251,100 → $312,200 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,467 (+22.3%)	$1,440 → $1,774 (+23.2%)

Palatine

Population

68,40766,548

Median household income

$80,526$95,950

Median home value

$284,400$347,900

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,467

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)

	Palatine	Schaumburg
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.4%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palatine	Schaumburg
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	56.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	12.8%	23.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palatine	Schaumburg
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palatine	Schaumburg
Drove alone	70.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.2%
Public transit	2.3%	3.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.0%	17.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palatine	Schaumburg
1-unit, detached	43.4%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	18.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	14.6%
20 or more units	13.1%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Palatine	Schaumburg
Poverty rate	10.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1977	1979