Elmwood Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 23,604 people and five associated neighborhoods, Elmwood Park is the 93rd largest community in Illinois.

Elmwood Park real estate is some of the most expensive in Illinois, although Elmwood Park house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Elmwood Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.40 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Elmwood Park use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Elmwood Park‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

In terms of college education, Elmwood Park is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.88% of adults in Elmwood Park have a college degree.

The per capita income in Elmwood Park in 2018 was $38,285, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,140 for a family of four. However, Elmwood Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Elmwood Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Elmwood Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elmwood Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Elmwood Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.46% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Elmwood Park include Polish, Italian, Irish, German, and English.

In addition, Elmwood Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.36%).

The most common language spoken in Elmwood Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.