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About Elgin
City in Illinois, United StatesElgin ( EL-jin) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Chicago along the Fox River. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 114,797, making it the sixth-most populous city in the state.
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Housing in Elgin
The typical Elgin home is worth about $340,000, up 4.4% in a year, 14% above the Illinois typical home.
Health in Elgin
Health Grade B
Healthier than 57% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 29 are too close to call.
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Schools in Elgin
All Elgin schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Elgin’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.
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