Elburn vs Sleepy Hollow

A side-by-side comparison of Elburn and Sleepy Hollow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elburn has the higher population (6,054 vs 3,165 in Sleepy Hollow). Sleepy Hollow has the higher median household income ($147,407 vs $106,506 in Elburn). Sleepy Hollow has the higher median home value ($365,200 vs $358,200 in Elburn).

Population, income & housing

	Elburn	Sleepy Hollow
Population	6,054	3,165
Median age	43.4 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,506	$147,407
Median home value	$358,200	$365,200
Median gross rent	$1,705	$1,206
Housing units	2,703	1,120
Homeownership rate	85.5%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elburn	Sleepy Hollow
Population	5,629 → 6,054 (+7.6%)	3,296 → 3,165 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$104,563 → $106,506 (+1.9%)	$110,938 → $147,407 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$278,000 → $358,200 (+28.8%)	$305,500 → $365,200 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,705 (+19.8%)	$1,125 → $1,206 (+7.2%)

Elburn

Population

5,6296,054

Median household income

$104,563$106,506

Median home value

$278,000$358,200

Median gross rent

$1,423$1,705

Sleepy Hollow

Population

3,2963,165

Median household income

$110,938$147,407

Median home value

$305,500$365,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elburn	Sleepy Hollow
Under 5	4.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	5.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.8%
75 and over	5.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elburn	Sleepy Hollow
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	71.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elburn	Sleepy Hollow
No high school diploma	2.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	11.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elburn	Sleepy Hollow
Drove alone	77.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	0.1%	8.4%
Public transit	3.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elburn	Sleepy Hollow
1-unit, detached	77.2%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elburn	Sleepy Hollow
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1999	1980