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.

A relatively large number of people in Elmwood Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.75% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In Elmwood Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.40 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the village are by private automobile, Elmwood Park is somewhat unusual for a village of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Elmwood Park area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

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 2022 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.