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.

One downside of living in Elmwood Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elmwood Park, the average commute to work is 34.40 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

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.

The overall education level of Elmwood Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.88% of adults in Elmwood Park have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Elmwood Park's cultural character, accounting for 24.36% of the village’s population.

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