City safety & data profile

NapervilleIL

Naperville, IL is a 147K-resident city in DuPage County with a median household income of $155,105.

DuPage County, Illinois. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Naperville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Naperville has a population larger than 96% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $540,200, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

147K
Population (place)
Top 4%
By size
$155,105
Median income (place)
$540,200
Median home (place)
4.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Naperville

Naperville posts a median household income higher than 94% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Naperville area.

Top 6%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Naperville

Where Naperville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$155,105 Top 6% higher than 94% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Naperville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IL

Population among 222 IL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Chicago is the largest IL city on this list; Hinsdale leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IL

Median household income among the same 222-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Hinsdale posts the highest place-level median income in IL; Chicago is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Naperville, IL beyond the headline numbers

Naperville sits inside DuPage County, Illinois, at roughly 41.79°N, -88.15°W. Population 147,100, $155,105 median household income. Median home value $540,200, median rent $1,885. Poverty rate 4.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Naperville, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.4% of Naperville, IL residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Naperville costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

31.1% of Naperville workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent physical distress departs furthest from its peer median: 8.7% in Naperville, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

5.4% of Naperville workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Naperville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
147,100
Naperville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$155,105
+73% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$540,200
+31% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (DuPage County): Naperville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
930K+1%
Median Income
$112,096+43%
Median Home Value
$391,400+37%
Poverty Rate
6.6%-4%
Unemployment
4.9%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Naperville, IL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,885/mo
Poverty Rate
4.4% -65% vs avg
Unemployment 4.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 72.5%
Work From Home 31.1%
Public Transit 5.4%

Population

White 62.8%
African American 4.3%
Asian 22.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.9%
High Blood Pressure
28.2%
Obesity
27.9%
Binge Drinking
16.7%
Physical Inactivity
16.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.3%
Current Asthma
8.7%
Diabetes
8.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
8.7%
Current Smoking
7.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 74.5%
Annual Checkup 79.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
4.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.3%
Stroke
2.2%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
EDWARD HOSPITAL
NAPERVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Naperville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Naperville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet IL-NAPERVILLE · Naperville

Naperville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Naperville, IL? ▼
Naperville, IL has a population of 147,100 people, located in DuPage County, Illinois.
What is the median household income in Naperville? ▼
The median household income in Naperville, IL is $155,105 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.4%.
What is the median home value in Naperville? ▼
The median home value in Naperville, IL is $540,200. Median rent is $1,885/month.
What are the top health concerns in Naperville? ▼
The top health indicators in Naperville include Short Sleep Duration (33.9%), High Blood Pressure (28.2%), Obesity (27.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Naperville? ▼
Naperville has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Naperville? ▼
The median age in Naperville, IL is 40.4 years. 72.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Naperville, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IL (4.4% here).

San Ramon, CA 4.4% Parker, CO 4.4% Derry Village, NH 4.4% Derry, NH 4.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IL ($155,105 here).

South Farmingdale, NY $155,072 Upper Arlington, OH $155,167 Newington, VA $155,027 Ashburn, VA $154,978

Compare Naperville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Warrenville, IL 13K Lisle, IL 23K Wheaton, IL 54K Woodridge, IL 33K West Chicago, IL 27K Bolingbrook, IL 74K Glen Ellyn, IL 28K Carol Stream, IL 40K
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Using Naperville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Naperville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (DuPage County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.