Elwood is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,199 people and two associated neighborhoods, Elwood is the 560th largest community in Illinois.Elwood is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Elwood is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elwood who work in office and administrative support (15.20%), management occupations (13.64%), and healthcare (5.27%). A relatively large number of people in Elwood telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.94% 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. It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Elwood has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Elwood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elwood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elwood may be for you.In terms of college education, the citizens of Elwood rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.71% of adults 25 and older in Elwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Elwood in 2022 was $43,572, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $174,288 for a family of four. However, Elwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Elwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Elwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.94% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Elwood include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Elwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
