In Glenwood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Despite being a small village, Glenwood has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Glenwood are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.91% of adults in Glenwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Glenwood in 2022 was $33,180, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,720 for a family of four. However, Glenwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glenwood is a very 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, Italian, German, and African.
The most common language spoken in Glenwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
