Downers Grove vs Lombard

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

Downers Grove and Lombard 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 43,722 in Lombard). Downers Grove has the higher median household income ($119,649 vs $97,253 in Lombard). Downers Grove has the higher median home value ($439,000 vs $321,200 in Lombard).

Population, income & housing

	Downers Grove	Lombard
Population	49,867	43,722
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$119,649	$97,253
Median home value	$439,000	$321,200
Median gross rent	$1,589	$1,834
Housing units	21,268	18,495
Homeownership rate	75.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.8%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downers Grove	Lombard
Population	49,470 → 49,867 (+0.8%)	43,998 → 43,722 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$94,893 → $119,649 (+26.1%)	$82,461 → $97,253 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$353,100 → $439,000 (+24.3%)	$261,200 → $321,200 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,315 → $1,589 (+20.8%)	$1,438 → $1,834 (+27.5%)

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

Lombard

Population

43,99843,722

Median household income

$82,461$97,253

Median home value

$261,200$321,200

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downers Grove	Lombard
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.9%
75 and over	7.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downers Grove	Lombard
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	66.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downers Grove	Lombard
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	13.7%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downers Grove	Lombard
Drove alone	61.9%	69.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.0%
Public transit	7.8%	3.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.2%	19.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downers Grove	Lombard
1-unit, detached	63.1%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	16.6%	27.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Downers Grove	Lombard
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1974	1971