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Elgin, IL real estate and demographic information

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Elgin zip codes60123, 60136, 60120, 60118, 60140, 60142, 60177

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POPULATION
93,895

Elgin, IL Information

ELGIN INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 93,895
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 32,702
ELGIN HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 67.78%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 28.66%
% VACANT 3.56%
TYPE OF ELGIN HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 55.76%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 12.12%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 13.06%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 15.85%
MOBILE HOMES 3.18%
OTHER 0.03%
SIZE OF ELGIN HOMES
NO BEDROOM 3.20%
1 BEDROOM 13.68%
2 BEDROOMS 31.66%
3 BEDROOMS 34.69%
4 BEDROOMS 14.22%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 2.55%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 7.45%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 40.79%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 28.34%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 23.42%


ELGIN REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $254,769
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $977
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$91,000 2.70%
$91,001-$184,000 12.36%
$184,001-$368,000 72.74%
$368,001-$551,000 10.96%
$551,001-$736,000 0.53%
$736,001-$920,000 0.36%
$920,001-$1,380,000 0.14%
$1,380,001-$1,840,000 0.07%
> $1,840,000 0.14%


PEOPLE OF Elgin DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 9.09%
5 TO 17 19.71%
18 TO 24 10.13%
25 TO 34 17.49%
35 TO 54 28.42%
55 TO 64 6.42%
65 YEARS AND OVER 8.75%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 73.79%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 20.54%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $52,605
PER CAPITA INCOME $21,112
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 8.07%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Manufacturing (24.52%), Retail (10.57%), Healthcare (9.01%), Education (8.01%), Construction (6.25%), Finance (5.48%), Accomodation (5.18%), Administration (4.82%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (4.06%), Transportation (4.02%), Wholesale (3.71%), Other (3.66%), Information Technology (3.38%), Public Service (2.72%), Arts (2.46%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 5.60%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 70.81%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 6.83%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.46%
ASIAN 3.45%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.06%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 14.67%
TWO OR MORE RACES 3.72%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 34.00%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (39.53%), German (15.56%), Unclassified (12.95%), Irish (5.70%), Polish (4.17%), Italian (3.73%), English (3.06%), United States or American (2.93%)
FOREIGN BORN 23.71%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (57.78%) , Spanish (27.75%)
About Elgin

Elgin is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 93,895 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, Elgin is the eighth largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some cities, Elgin isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Elgin are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elgin is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Elgin who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.52%), sales jobs (9.01%), and management occupations (8.11%).

Also of interest is that Elgin has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Elgin Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Elgin is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 20.54% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Elgin in 2000 was $21,112, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,448 for a family of four.

Elgin is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elgin home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Elgin is White, followed by African-American. Elgin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.00% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Elgin include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English.

In addition, Elgin has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.71%).

The most common language spoken in Elgin is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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