One downside of living in Glenwood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Glenwood, the average commute to work is 31.49 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.
In Glenwood, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Glenwood is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other 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 2018 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.
