Streamwood is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 37,780 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 professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Streamwood who work in office and administrative support (10.64%), sales jobs (9.64%), and management occupations (8.17%). 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: 10.94% 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. In terms of college education, Streamwood 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: 29.15% of adults in Streamwood have a college degree. The per capita income in Streamwood in 2022 was $37,898, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,592 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 38.74% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Streamwood include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and English. Streamwood also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 33.17%. The most common language spoken in Streamwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
