Darien vs Westmont

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

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

Westmont has the higher population (24,201 vs 21,855 in Darien). Darien has the higher median household income ($109,354 vs $83,622 in Westmont). Darien has the higher median home value ($386,400 vs $369,100 in Westmont).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Westmont
Population	21,855	24,201
Median age	44.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,354	$83,622
Median home value	$386,400	$369,100
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,427
Housing units	9,101	11,312
Homeownership rate	78.5%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Westmont
Population	21,884 → 21,855 (-0.1%)	24,931 → 24,201 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$96,275 → $109,354 (+13.6%)	$64,416 → $83,622 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $386,400 (+17.1%)	$301,900 → $369,100 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,671 (+39.1%)	$1,139 → $1,427 (+25.3%)

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

Westmont

Population

24,93124,201

Median household income

$64,416$83,622

Median home value

$301,900$369,100

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,427

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Westmont
Under 5	4.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.3%
75 and over	9.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	61.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Westmont
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	18.0%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Westmont
Drove alone	70.4%	69.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.4%
Public transit	2.6%	4.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.0%	19.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Westmont
1-unit, detached	60.8%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	24.8%
20 or more units	9.6%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Westmont
Poverty rate	3.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1978	1976