Park Ridge vs Streamwood

A side-by-side comparison of Park Ridge and Streamwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Ridge has the higher population (39,241 vs 39,055 in Streamwood). Park Ridge has the higher median household income ($138,059 vs $101,049 in Streamwood). Park Ridge has the higher median home value ($539,300 vs $258,300 in Streamwood).

Population, income & housing

	Park Ridge	Streamwood
Population	39,241	39,055
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$138,059	$101,049
Median home value	$539,300	$258,300
Median gross rent	$1,511	$1,849
Housing units	16,013	13,487
Homeownership rate	85.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park Ridge	Streamwood
Population	37,457 → 39,241 (+4.8%)	39,809 → 39,055 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$111,642 → $138,059 (+23.7%)	$80,651 → $101,049 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$437,000 → $539,300 (+23.4%)	$192,800 → $258,300 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,433 → $1,511 (+5.4%)	$1,743 → $1,849 (+6.1%)

Park Ridge

Population

37,45739,241

Median household income

$111,642$138,059

Median home value

$437,000$539,300

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,511

Streamwood

Population

39,80939,055

Median household income

$80,651$101,049

Median home value

$192,800$258,300

Median gross rent

$1,743$1,849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Park Ridge	Streamwood
Under 5	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	6.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.3%
75 and over	9.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park Ridge	Streamwood
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	39.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park Ridge	Streamwood
No high school diploma	3.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	12.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park Ridge	Streamwood
Drove alone	60.5%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.7%
Public transit	8.6%	1.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	22.0%	10.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park Ridge	Streamwood
1-unit, detached	71.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	10.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Park Ridge	Streamwood
Poverty rate	3.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1960	1981