Bartlett vs Naperville

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

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

Naperville has the higher population (149,424 vs 40,531 in Bartlett). Naperville has the higher median household income ($150,937 vs $130,479 in Bartlett). Naperville has the higher median home value ($509,900 vs $350,500 in Bartlett).

Population, income & housing

	Bartlett	Naperville
Population	40,531	149,424
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$130,479	$150,937
Median home value	$350,500	$509,900
Median gross rent	$1,857	$1,852
Housing units	14,666	56,575
Homeownership rate	88.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	71.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartlett	Naperville
Population	41,120 → 40,531 (-1.4%)	147,501 → 149,424 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$108,592 → $130,479 (+20.2%)	$125,926 → $150,937 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$279,200 → $350,500 (+25.5%)	$416,700 → $509,900 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,570 → $1,857 (+18.3%)	$1,516 → $1,852 (+22.2%)

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

Naperville

Population

147,501149,424

Median household income

$125,926$150,937

Median home value

$416,700$509,900

Median gross rent

$1,516$1,852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartlett	Naperville
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.8%
75 and over	5.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartlett	Naperville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	62.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	17.8%	21.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartlett	Naperville
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.4%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartlett	Naperville
Drove alone	71.6%	58.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.8%
Public transit	2.3%	6.2%
Walked	0.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.5%	27.3%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartlett	Naperville
1-unit, detached	69.6%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	12.4%
20 or more units	5.5%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bartlett	Naperville
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1992	1989