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Glen Ellyn village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Glen Ellyn village is a Census village of 28,390 people across 6.97 square miles of land, in DuPage County. Median household income is $140,938, 78.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 38 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.9 m.
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Glen Ellyn
What Glen Ellyn is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area6.97 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,073
- County holding the largest share of its areaDuPage County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Ellyn
How many people live in Glen Ellyn
- Population28,390
- Median age39.8
- Population under 187,444
- Share under 1826.2 percent
- Population 65 and over5,338
- Share 65 and over18.8 percent
- Households10,698
- Family households7,611
- Share of households that are families71.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Ellyn
Income and work in Glen Ellyn
- Median household income$140,938
- Per capita income$74,079
- Civilian labor force14,209
- Employed13,453
- Unemployed756 plus or minus 232
- Unemployment rate5.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over18,773
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher68.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree30.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Ellyn
Housing in Glen Ellyn
- Housing units11,110
- Occupied units10,698
- Vacant units412 plus or minus 167
- Vacancy rate3.7 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Owner occupied8,377
- Renter occupied2,321
- Ownership rate78.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$544,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,433
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.2 percent
- Single family units7,839
- Share single family70.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,186
- Share in buildings of two or more28.7 percent
- Mobile homes19 plus or minus 25
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Ellyn
How Glen Ellyn gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,869
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,352
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,012
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.2 percent
- Drove alone51.4 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Public transport7.9 percent
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home32.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Ellyn
SBA loans in Glen Ellyn (7(a))
- Approvals38
- Gross approval$20,871,700
- Average approval$549,255
- Median approval$275,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,344,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported392
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full4
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.3 percent
- Share to franchises26.3 percent
- Distinct lenders21
- Distinct industries by NAICS26
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Glen Ellyn
SBA loans in Glen Ellyn (504)
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$8,783,000
- Average approval$418,238
- Median approval$309,000
- Largest approval$1,229,000
- Jobs supported112
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Glen Ellyn
Flood risk in Glen Ellyn
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number170207
- Currently effective map date08/01/19
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
DuPage County, not Glen Ellyn
DuPage County context, not Glen Ellyn figures
These are DuPage County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Glen Ellyn measurements.
- Establishments in DuPage County34,121
- Employment at those establishments, DuPage County595,691
- Covered employment, DuPage County622,113
- Average annual pay, DuPage County$79,674
- Average weekly wage, DuPage County$1,532
- Housing units permitted, DuPage County1,450
- Of those, single family, DuPage County784
- County product, 2024, DuPage County$129,734,015,000
- County product change over the prior year, DuPage County3.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, DuPage County$102,362
Every figure in this section is published for DuPage County as a whole and is not a measurement of Glen Ellyn. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Glen Ellyn questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois?
28,390, in 10,698 households. Glen Ellyn village covers 6.97 square miles of land, which is 4,073 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Glen Ellyn in?
DuPage County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Glen Ellyn?
$140,938. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $544,000. Median gross rent is $1,433 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Glen Ellyn businesses?
38 7(a) approvals totalling $20.9 m, across 21 lenders, median approval $275,000, plus 21 504 approvals worth $8.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Glen Ellyn, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Glen Ellyn borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Glen Ellyn. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Glen Ellyn in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Glen Ellyn appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170207, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Glen Ellyn figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for DuPage County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Glen Ellyn.
Is zoning published for Glen Ellyn?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.