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A city of 93,072, settled in 1837.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Elk Grove Township grades B+ overall, 294th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 90% of the country. The median household earns $89K. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $344K, 3.8 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Elk Grove Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Ned Brown Forest Preserve, at 1,886 acres with 3.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Elk Grove Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns.
Where Elk Grove Township beats most towns.
Where Elk Grove Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Elk Grove Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 6,608 in 1960, 32,812 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1970 and 7 maps from 1900 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elk Grove Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
5 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw26 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaUnited CenterWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Elk Grove Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Elk Grove Township.
86,825 jobs are based in Elk Grove Township, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Elk Grove Township for work: only 14% work in town. 16% of Elk Grove Township workers work from home, above both Illinois’ towns (11%) and U.S. towns (11%). Since 2013, Elk Grove Township has added 5,874 jobs, to 86,825 in 2023.
| Elk Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Three of its 32 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 784 | A− |
| Rolling Meadows High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,956 | A− |
| Lions Park Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 458 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
19 miles of trail in 49 parks and preserves. At 0.7 miles per square mile, Elk Grove Township’s trail density is above both the Illinois town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Elk Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.6% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ned Brown Forest Preserve | 3.3 mi | 1,886 |
| 2. Busse Forest Nature Preserve | 2.8 mi | 460 |
| 3. Friendship Park | 1.1 mi | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
27% of Elk Grove Township adults have obesity. Elk Grove Township beats the Illinois average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Elk Grove Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Elk Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Elk Grove Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.6% | 7.8% |
| Fewer adults with obesity | 26.7% | 34% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Elk Grove Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 141 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Elk Grove Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. 42% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Elk Grove Township. Elk Grove Township has lost 2.6% of its people since 2020, down to 93,072 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Elk Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 19% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.1 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.1, men 39.7.
| Elk Grove Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.1% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.4% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.1% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.4% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.5% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.5% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.3% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
19 within 15 miles of the center of Elk Grove Township
About 5 of every 100 Elk Grove Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
16 notable people were born in Elk Grove Township.
Village in Illinois, United States
Elk Grove Village is a village in Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 32,812 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 31,802 in 2024. Located 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Chicago along the Golden Corridor, the Village of Elk Grove Village was incorporated on July 17, 1956. It is directly adjacent to O'Hare International Airport and is economically important to the Chicago metropolitan area due to its large industrial park, located on the eastern border of the village. The community is served by several Interstate highways including I-90, I-290/I-355/Route 53, and IL-390. Elk Grove is also expected to be served by the I-490 Western O'Hare Bypass upon comple…
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7 towns share a border with Elk Grove Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove Township | #294 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
| Chicago | #676 | C− | C− | D | C | B+ |
| Schaumburg Township | #91 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Elk Grove Village | #303 | B+ | D | B− | A− | A |
| Des Plaines | #197 | A− | C− | B | A− | A |
| Maine Township | #176 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Addison Township | #410 | B | C− | — | C+ | A− |
| Itasca | #24 | A+ | D | A− | A | A+ |
Elk Grove Township, Schaumburg Township, Maine Township and Addison Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Elk Grove Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Elk Grove Township grades B+ overall, better than 73% of U.S. towns and #294 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
16 notable people were born here, including Parvesh Cheena and Katie Lind.
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