Land Acknowledgment

Age The median age of Berwyn’s residents is 35.1 years, an overall increase of 7% since 1990.11 While the median age of Berwynian’s has incrementally increased, the population remains slightly younger compared to Chicago metro region and Cook County residents. The share of Berwyn’s residents 50 years and above is just over a quarter of the population (27.6%), however these residents are an important part of the community and should be highly considered in the planning process.12

Households As shown in the graph below, 32.7% of Berwyn’s households house 4 or more persons, which is considerably higher in comparison to Cook County and Chicago metropolitan statistical region.13 Berwyn’s average household size, 2.9 persons, has seen an increase of 6.2% from 2000.14 Education The educational attainment of the city of Berwyn’s adult population (25 and over) can be seen in Figure 1-3 below. The population of residents having received a bachelor’s degree or above (22.6%) is below the Cook County and Chicago metro averages (38.8% and 39.6%), as well as the average level of educational achievement for the state of Illinois of 35.8%.15