Schaumburg vs Skokie

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

Schaumburg and Skokie 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 66,427 in Skokie). Schaumburg has the higher median household income ($94,690 vs $93,550 in Skokie). Skokie has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $312,200 in Schaumburg).

Population, income & housing

	Schaumburg	Skokie
Population	76,780	66,427
Median age	39.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,690	$93,550
Median home value	$312,200	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,774	$1,491
Housing units	33,632	25,014
Homeownership rate	61.8%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schaumburg	Skokie
Population	74,194 → 76,780 (+3.5%)	63,821 → 66,427 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$83,096 → $94,690 (+14.0%)	$73,046 → $93,550 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$251,100 → $312,200 (+24.3%)	$318,800 → $368,600 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,440 → $1,774 (+23.2%)	$1,271 → $1,491 (+17.3%)

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

Skokie

Population

63,82166,427

Median household income

$73,046$93,550

Median home value

$318,800$368,600

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schaumburg	Skokie
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.4%
75 and over	7.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schaumburg	Skokie
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	48.7%
Black or African American	5.4%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	23.8%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schaumburg	Skokie
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	18.8%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schaumburg	Skokie
Drove alone	71.6%	60.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	12.5%
Public transit	3.5%	5.5%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.1%
Worked from home	17.6%	16.5%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schaumburg	Skokie
1-unit, detached	33.4%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	18.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	16.9%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Schaumburg	Skokie
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1979	1959