Lombard vs Naperville

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

Lombard 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 43,722 in Lombard). Naperville has the higher median household income ($150,937 vs $97,253 in Lombard). Naperville has the higher median home value ($509,900 vs $321,200 in Lombard).

Population, income & housing

	Lombard	Naperville
Population	43,722	149,424
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,253	$150,937
Median home value	$321,200	$509,900
Median gross rent	$1,834	$1,852
Housing units	18,495	56,575
Homeownership rate	70.4%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	71.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lombard	Naperville
Population	43,998 → 43,722 (-0.6%)	147,501 → 149,424 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$82,461 → $97,253 (+17.9%)	$125,926 → $150,937 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $321,200 (+23.0%)	$416,700 → $509,900 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,834 (+27.5%)	$1,516 → $1,852 (+22.2%)

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

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)

	Lombard	Naperville
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.8%
75 and over	6.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lombard	Naperville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	62.0%
Black or African American	5.5%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.4%	21.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lombard	Naperville
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	21.0%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lombard	Naperville
Drove alone	69.2%	58.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.8%
Public transit	3.9%	6.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.1%	27.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lombard	Naperville
1-unit, detached	54.8%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	12.4%
20 or more units	27.5%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lombard	Naperville
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1971	1989