Streamwood is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 36,732 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Streamwood is the 51st largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Streamwood is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Streamwood is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Streamwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.16%), sales jobs (11.94%), and management occupations (9.37%).

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

One downside of living in Streamwood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Streamwood, the average commute to work is 31.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Streamwood Information and Demographics

The education level of Streamwood citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 26.49% of adults in Streamwood have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Streamwood in 2000 was $23,961, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,844 for a family of four. However, Streamwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Streamwood is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Streamwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Streamwood is White, followed by Asian. Streamwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.42% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Streamwood include German, Polish, Italian, Irish, and English.

Streamwood also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.88%.

The languages spoken by people in Streamwood are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Streamwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish, and Tagalog.