Elmhurst vs Naperville

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

Elmhurst 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 45,538 in Elmhurst). Naperville has the higher median household income ($150,937 vs $145,374 in Elmhurst). Elmhurst has the higher median home value ($532,800 vs $509,900 in Naperville).

Population, income & housing

	Elmhurst	Naperville
Population	45,538	149,424
Median age	41.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$145,374	$150,937
Median home value	$532,800	$509,900
Median gross rent	$1,877	$1,852
Housing units	17,732	56,575
Homeownership rate	79.7%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	71.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmhurst	Naperville
Population	46,463 → 45,538 (-2.0%)	147,501 → 149,424 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$118,609 → $145,374 (+22.6%)	$125,926 → $150,937 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$432,600 → $532,800 (+23.2%)	$416,700 → $509,900 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,497 → $1,877 (+25.4%)	$1,516 → $1,852 (+22.2%)

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

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)

	Elmhurst	Naperville
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.8%
75 and over	7.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmhurst	Naperville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	62.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.7%	21.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmhurst	Naperville
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	12.7%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmhurst	Naperville
Drove alone	61.3%	58.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.8%
Public transit	8.2%	6.2%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.1%	27.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmhurst	Naperville
1-unit, detached	72.9%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	12.4%
20 or more units	16.5%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Elmhurst	Naperville
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1964	1989