Sugar Grove vs West Dundee

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

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

Sugar Grove has the higher population (9,233 vs 7,867 in West Dundee). Sugar Grove has the higher median household income ($116,250 vs $104,750 in West Dundee). Sugar Grove has the higher median home value ($372,000 vs $342,900 in West Dundee).

Population, income & housing

	Sugar Grove	West Dundee
Population	9,233	7,867
Median age	45.0 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$116,250	$104,750
Median home value	$372,000	$342,900
Median gross rent	$1,608	$1,697
Housing units	3,637	3,123
Homeownership rate	93.3%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sugar Grove	West Dundee
Population	9,689 → 9,233 (-4.7%)	7,644 → 7,867 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$118,638 → $116,250 (-2.0%)	$91,970 → $104,750 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$290,600 → $372,000 (+28.0%)	$264,800 → $342,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,131 → $1,608 (+42.2%)	$1,281 → $1,697 (+32.5%)

Sugar Grove

Population

9,6899,233

Median household income

$118,638$116,250

Median home value

$290,600$372,000

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,608

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)

	Sugar Grove	West Dundee
Under 5	3.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	6.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	6.7%
75 and over	10.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sugar Grove	West Dundee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sugar Grove	West Dundee
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	21.5%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sugar Grove	West Dundee
Drove alone	73.1%	72.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	17.9%
Other means	0.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sugar Grove	West Dundee
1-unit, detached	72.4%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	23.5%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sugar Grove	West Dundee
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	2002	1988