Streamwood is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 38,151 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Streamwood is the 44th largest community in Illinois.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Streamwood is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Streamwood is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Streamwood who work in office and administrative support (13.70%), sales jobs (10.33%), and management occupations (8.45%). Also of interest is that Streamwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Streamwood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Streamwood, the average commute to work is 30.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Streamwood is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.52% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Streamwood in 2022 was $36,515, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,060 for a family of four. However, Streamwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Streamwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Streamwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Streamwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Streamwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.25% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Streamwood include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and English. In addition, Streamwood has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (30.56%). The most common language spoken in Streamwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
