Bartlett vs Downers Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Bartlett and Downers Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Downers Grove has the higher population (49,867 vs 40,531 in Bartlett). Bartlett has the higher median household income ($130,479 vs $119,649 in Downers Grove). Downers Grove has the higher median home value ($439,000 vs $350,500 in Bartlett).

Population, income & housing

	Bartlett	Downers Grove
Population	40,531	49,867
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$130,479	$119,649
Median home value	$350,500	$439,000
Median gross rent	$1,857	$1,589
Housing units	14,666	21,268
Homeownership rate	88.5%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartlett	Downers Grove
Population	41,120 → 40,531 (-1.4%)	49,470 → 49,867 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$108,592 → $130,479 (+20.2%)	$94,893 → $119,649 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$279,200 → $350,500 (+25.5%)	$353,100 → $439,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,570 → $1,857 (+18.3%)	$1,315 → $1,589 (+20.8%)

Bartlett

Population

41,12040,531

Median household income

$108,592$130,479

Median home value

$279,200$350,500

Median gross rent

$1,570$1,857

Downers Grove

Population

49,47049,867

Median household income

$94,893$119,649

Median home value

$353,100$439,000

Median gross rent

$1,315$1,589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartlett	Downers Grove
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.0%
75 and over	5.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartlett	Downers Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	82.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	17.8%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartlett	Downers Grove
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartlett	Downers Grove
Drove alone	71.6%	61.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.7%
Public transit	2.3%	7.8%
Walked	0.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.5%	23.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartlett	Downers Grove
1-unit, detached	69.6%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	11.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bartlett	Downers Grove
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1992	1974