Annual Precipitation - Average: 35.80 inches
Annual Snowfall - Average: 37.00 inches
Area of City: 10.2 square miles
Churches: 28 Congregations
City Government: Mayor, City Manager and City Council of 14 Aldermen, with two elected from each of the 7 Wards.
Condominium Value - Median: $225,000
County: DuPage
Household Income - Median: $69,794
Hospitals: Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Loyola Immediate Care of Elmhurst
Media: Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers, publishers of the twice-weekly Elmhurst Press; The Elmhurst Doings and The Elmhurst Independent, weekly newspapers; Two daily metropolitan newspapers; WRSE-FM (88.7), Elmhurst College radio station; Television and radio from Chicago; and Comcast
Numbering of Housing Units: 15,627
Park District: 439 acres, 29 recreational facilities
Population: 42,762
Property Tax Rate - Average: $7.80 per $100 assessed valuation
Retail Sales: About $400 million annually
Resident Age - Median: 38.7
Schools:
Elementary Schools -8 public, 2 Catholic, 1 Lutheran, 1 Christian Reformed (K-12)
Junior High Schools - 3 public
High Schools - 1 public, 1 Coed Catholic, 1 Christian Reformed (K-12)
Colleges - Elmhurst College, four-year liberal arts; College of Dupage, two-year public
Adult Education - Elmhurst College, College of DuPage, School Districts 205 and 88, Elmhurst Park District, Elmhurst YMCA
Single-Family Home Value - Median: $312,986
Utilities:
Water - Lake Michigan water supplied via DuPage Water Commission. City maintains water distribution system including elevated tanks
Power - ComEd
Gas - Nicor Gas
Telephone - SBC
Transportation:
Highways - North-South Tollway (I-355), Eisenhower Expressway (I-290), Tri-State Tollway
(I-294), East-West Tollway (I-88); U.S. Highways 20 and 38; Illinois Highways 64, 56 and 83.
Railroads - Metra Union Pacific
Buses - Commuter and shuttle
Taxi - Privately-owned firms
Airports - O'Hare International Airport, 20 minutes north of Elmhurst; Midway Airport, 20 minutes southeast; and DuPage County Airport, 20 minutes west of City Centre.