Elburn vs West Dundee

A side-by-side comparison of Elburn and West Dundee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Dundee has the higher population (7,867 vs 6,054 in Elburn). Elburn has the higher median household income ($106,506 vs $104,750 in West Dundee). Elburn has the higher median home value ($358,200 vs $342,900 in West Dundee).

Population, income & housing

	Elburn	West Dundee
Population	6,054	7,867
Median age	43.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,506	$104,750
Median home value	$358,200	$342,900
Median gross rent	$1,705	$1,697
Housing units	2,703	3,123
Homeownership rate	85.5%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elburn	West Dundee
Population	5,629 → 6,054 (+7.6%)	7,644 → 7,867 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$104,563 → $106,506 (+1.9%)	$91,970 → $104,750 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$278,000 → $358,200 (+28.8%)	$264,800 → $342,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,705 (+19.8%)	$1,281 → $1,697 (+32.5%)

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

West Dundee

Population

7,6447,867

Median household income

$91,970$104,750

Median home value

$264,800$342,900

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elburn	West Dundee
Under 5	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.4%
25 to 34	5.3%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	16.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.7%
75 and over	5.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elburn	West Dundee
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elburn	West Dundee
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	11.5%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elburn	West Dundee
Drove alone	77.3%	72.9%
Carpooled	0.1%	4.2%
Public transit	3.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elburn	West Dundee
1-unit, detached	77.2%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	21.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elburn	West Dundee
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1999	1988