Elmhurst vs Lombard

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

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

Elmhurst has the higher population (45,538 vs 43,722 in Lombard). Elmhurst has the higher median household income ($145,374 vs $97,253 in Lombard). Elmhurst has the higher median home value ($532,800 vs $321,200 in Lombard).

Population, income & housing

	Elmhurst	Lombard
Population	45,538	43,722
Median age	41.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$145,374	$97,253
Median home value	$532,800	$321,200
Median gross rent	$1,877	$1,834
Housing units	17,732	18,495
Homeownership rate	79.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmhurst	Lombard
Population	46,463 → 45,538 (-2.0%)	43,998 → 43,722 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$118,609 → $145,374 (+22.6%)	$82,461 → $97,253 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$432,600 → $532,800 (+23.2%)	$261,200 → $321,200 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,497 → $1,877 (+25.4%)	$1,438 → $1,834 (+27.5%)

Elmhurst

Population

46,46345,538

Median household income

$118,609$145,374

Median home value

$432,600$532,800

Median gross rent

$1,497$1,877

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)

	Elmhurst	Lombard
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.9%
75 and over	7.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmhurst	Lombard
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	66.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmhurst	Lombard
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	12.7%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmhurst	Lombard
Drove alone	61.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.0%
Public transit	8.2%	3.9%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.1%	19.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmhurst	Lombard
1-unit, detached	72.9%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	16.5%	27.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Elmhurst	Lombard
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1964	1971