Darien vs Hinsdale

A side-by-side comparison of Darien and Hinsdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Darien has the higher population (21,855 vs 17,155 in Hinsdale). Hinsdale has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $109,354 in Darien). Hinsdale has the higher median home value ($999,100 vs $386,400 in Darien).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Hinsdale
Population	21,855	17,155
Median age	44.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$109,354	$250,001
Median home value	$386,400	$999,100
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,981
Housing units	9,101	6,156
Homeownership rate	78.5%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	81.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Hinsdale
Population	21,884 → 21,855 (-0.1%)	17,710 → 17,155 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$96,275 → $109,354 (+13.6%)	$203,368 → $250,001 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $386,400 (+17.1%)	$884,700 → $999,100 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,671 (+39.1%)	$1,879 → $1,981 (+5.4%)

Darien

Population

21,88421,855

Median household income

$96,275$109,354

Median home value

$330,000$386,400

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,671

Hinsdale

Population

17,71017,155

Median household income

$203,368$250,001

Median home value

$884,700$999,100

Median gross rent

$1,879$1,981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Hinsdale
Under 5	4.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	5.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.4%
75 and over	9.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Hinsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	72.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	15.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Hinsdale
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	18.0%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	45.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Hinsdale
Drove alone	70.4%	46.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.6%
Public transit	2.6%	12.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.0%	31.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Hinsdale
1-unit, detached	60.8%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Hinsdale
Poverty rate	3.8%	1.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1978	1979