In Glenwood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.49 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.
Even though Glenwood is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
In terms of college education, Glenwood 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: 33.05% of adults in Glenwood have a college degree.
The per capita income in Glenwood in 2022 was $32,019, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $128,076 for a family of four. However, Glenwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glenwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Glenwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenwood residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Glenwood include Irish, Polish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Glenwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
