Arbury Hills vs Elwood

A side-by-side comparison of Arbury Hills and Elwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Arbury Hills and Elwood are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elwood has the higher population (2,141 vs 1,408 in Arbury Hills). Arbury Hills has the higher median household income ($103,456 vs $73,640 in Elwood). Arbury Hills has the higher median home value ($225,600 vs $224,900 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Arbury Hills	Elwood
Population	1,408	2,141
Median age	35.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,456	$73,640
Median home value	$225,600	$224,900
Median gross rent	—	$986
Housing units	476	966
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arbury Hills	Elwood
Population	1,637 → 1,408 (-14.0%)	2,367 → 2,141 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$95,595 → $103,456 (+8.2%)	$79,054 → $73,640 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $225,600 (+19.7%)	$168,800 → $224,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$891 → $986 (+10.7%)

Arbury Hills

Population

1,6371,408

Median household income

$95,595$103,456

Median home value

$188,500$225,600

Elwood

Population

2,3672,141

Median household income

$79,054$73,640

Median home value

$168,800$224,900

Median gross rent

$891$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arbury Hills	Elwood
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	9.4%
18 to 24	23.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	20.0%
35 to 44	20.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	21.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	2.4%	21.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.9%
75 and over	0.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arbury Hills	Elwood
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	27.3%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arbury Hills	Elwood
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	48.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arbury Hills	Elwood
Drove alone	66.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	20.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.9%
Other means	6.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arbury Hills	Elwood
1-unit, detached	97.1%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Arbury Hills	Elwood
Poverty rate	3.3%	6.2%
Average household size	3.27	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1967	1991