Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety99#211/15,637
Economy81#2,999/15,631
Housing40#8,955/14,977
Health97#443/15,609
Healthcare97#469/15,650
Environment15#13,087/15,453
Education97#491/15,649
Infrastructure85#2,282/15,650
Community93#1,133/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,227/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Glen Ellyn, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “DuPage County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Access to exercise opportunities · high99.8%
99/100Illinois 90.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Injury deaths · low45 /100k
99/100Illinois 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Dentists · high122 /100k
97/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Primary care physicians · high135 /100k
96/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Public transit commuters · high7.9%
96/100Illinois 5.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
96/100Illinois 4.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDuPage County value

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.495
7/100Illinois 0.481United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Effective property tax rate · high1.99%
8/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
8/100Illinois 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value
Average commute time · high29.1 min
16/100Illinois 27.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
High ozone days · high3 days
21/100Illinois 5 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value
Days with unhealthy air · high1.6%
23/100Illinois 4.2%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.6 /1k (2021) → 2.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+235%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Public transit commutersWorsening
13.6% (2015-2019) → 7.9% (2020-2024)
−5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Median household incomeImproving
$110,678 (2015-2019) → $140,938 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.9% (2015-2019) → 93.4% (2020-2024)
+3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
48.7% (2015-2019) → 51.8% (2020-2024)
+3.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
29.6% (2015-2019) → 31.7% (2020-2024)
+2.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Glen Ellyn, Illinois improved on 2 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+27%$110,678 → $140,938
Broadband+3.6 points89.9% → 93.4%

Declined2

Unemployment+2 points3.3% → 5.3%
Transit use−5.7 points13.6% → 7.9%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Glen Ellyn, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.8 min2015-2019	29.1 min2020-2024	−2.8 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.6%2015-2019	68.2%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	89.9%2015-2019	93.4%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	5.2%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Effective property tax rate	2.27%2015-2019	1.99%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	72%
High school diploma or higher	96.4%2015-2019	96.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4982015-2019	0.4952020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$110,6782015-2019	$140,9382020-2024	+27%	Improved	49%
Poverty rate	5.8%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Public transit commuters	13.6%2015-2019	7.9%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Declined	5%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Rent-burdened households	48.7%2015-2019	51.8%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Unemployment rate	3.3%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Declined	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.5%2015-2019	3.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	52%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Glen Ellyn, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Glen Ellyn, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Glen Ellyn, Illinois itself moved −0.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

28,390 residents (±166)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (+2.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

28,390 residents (±166)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

White75%21,321
Black3.0%†856
Hispanic or Latino6.9%1,967
Asian11%3,094
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†5
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†33
Other or two or more races3.9%1,114

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−7.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

18,773 residents (±495)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma3.7%689
High school or GED10%1,898
Some college12%2,291
Associate degree5.8%1,091
Bachelor's degree37%7,038
Graduate degree31%5,766

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

10,698 households (±354)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k9.8%1,053
$25k–50k9.7%1,040
$50k–75k8.8%†940
$75k–100k12%1,264
$100k–150k12%1,330
$150k–200k15%1,568
$200k or more33%3,503

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

10,698 households (±354)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

Own78%8,377
Rent22%2,321

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,199 households (±373)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $7508.8%†194
$750–1,0002.2%†49
$1,000–1,50046%†1,011

Home values

8,377 homes (±383)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k4.5%†375
$150k–250k9.4%785
$250k–400k15%1,290

Age of homes

11,110 homes (±349)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later4.4%†485
2000–200910%1,125
1980–199918%2,053

Size of homes

11,110 homes (±349)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio2.3%†250
1 bedroom12%1,310
2 bedrooms17%1,853

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

13,206 workers (±648)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone51%6,792
Carpool3.9%†509
Public transit7.9%1,041
Walk2.6%†338
Bike0.6%†75
Work from home33%4,337
Other0.9%†114

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+23.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

8,869 workers (±617)

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min27%2,352
15–29 min28%2,505
30–44 min20%1,762

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of DuPage County, the county holding most of Glen Ellyn's residents.

DuPage County has 34,121 employer establishments, 368 for every 10,000 residents (1.48× the US rate of 248; 1.44× Illinois's), with 595,691 paid employees at an average annual pay of $75,829. The Census Bureau also counts 102,104 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 34,121; 102,104 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 368; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 595,691
Average annual pay: $75,829; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of DuPage County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,259	35.1	1.69×More than typical	42,027	$79,246	4,676
Truck transportation	1,952	21	4.16×More than typical	10,243	$86,764	7,796
Restaurants and other eating places	1,948	21	1.14×About typical	38,494	$26,367	411
Specialty trade contractors	1,897	20.5	1.32×More than typical	19,789	$96,213	4,217
Lessors of real estate	1,296	14	1.13×About typical	6,118	$82,399	10,776
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,149	12.4	1.85×More than typical	8,107	$101,909	4,623
Computer systems design and related services	1,124	12.1	2.80×More than typical	11,786	$111,720	1,548
Construction of buildings	1,038	11.2	1.48×More than typical	6,454	$95,558	2,992
Offices of other health practitioners	1,031	11.1	1.83×More than typical	7,492	$47,355	2,028
Offices of physicians	972	10.5	1.62×More than typical	14,697	$118,180	1,182
Limited-service restaurants	896	9.7	1.20×About typical	17,341	$22,259	167
Services to buildings and dwellings	819	8.8	1.31×More than typical	14,068	$42,096	3,454

Rank places for an industry Open DuPage County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 927,400 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$3,796 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Glen Ellyn, Illinois: -$0.13 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$3,796
Per resident: -$0.13; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 502-$3,7960.0%

Spending by fiscal year

409.5KFY2017
349.7KFY2018
122.9KFY2019
-273.6KFY2020
53.2KFY2021
7.3KFY2022
40.1KFY2023
-8.8KFY2024
-3.4KFY2025
-3.8KFY2026

What was bought

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Glen Ellyn, Illinois

FIREARMS QUALIFICATIONS AND CONTROL TACTICS TRAINING$1,700
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 502· DuPage County, IL· Construction & real property· Mar 7, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 15G1AC25P00000013

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Glen Ellyn, Illinois's figures are part of those of DuPage County, IL ($3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Glen Ellyn is mostly in DuPage County.

See federal money in DuPage County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Glen Ellyn, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).