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.Streamwood is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.31% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In Streamwood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.
