Statistical area profile
Evanston
Explore aggregate and discrete offense types, annual population denominators, neighborhood ACS estimates, and modeled presidential and midterm voting with visible uncertainty.
Window: 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-26 · Source: preliminary CPD neighborhood aggregate
Violent YTD
37
21 prior
Per 1,000
4.2
8,838 population (2020)
YTD change
+76.2%
+16 offenses
Latest 28 days
5
4 previous
| Category | Selected period | Previous period | Absolute change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| Rape | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| Robbery | 7 | 5 | +2 |
| Aggravated assault | 18 | 5 | +13 |
| Strangulation | 9 | 5 | +4 |
| Burglary / breaking and entering | 15 | 18 | -3 |
| Theft from auto | 46 | 43 | +3 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 28 | 56 | -28 |
| Personal / other theft | 52 | 69 | -17 |
Evanston population
8,838
Decennial Census anchor · source vintage 2020 · no sampling MOE
Annual denominator method: This line is not an annual ACS series. Values for 2011–2019 are linearly interpolated between official Decennial Census anchors; 2021 onward transparently carries the 2020 anchor until a defensible newer SNA estimate is available.
2016–2020 ACS 5-year profile
Estimates with 90% margins of error
ACS population estimate
8,093
±906 MOE
Households
2,971
±299 MOE
Bachelor's degree or higher
29.4%
±3.1 pts · 1,310 count
Families below poverty
10.5%
±8.3 pts · 143 count
Households with no vehicle
24.0%
±5.5 pts · 714 count
Owner occupied
51.4%
±6.7 pts · 1,528 count
Renter occupied
48.6%
±4.3 pts · 1,443 count
Internet subscription
80.0%
±5.6 pts · 2,378 count
Counts retain the published 90% MOE. Percentage MOEs use the Census proportion approximation; combined-map-region and composite-education MOEs use root-sum-of-squares. Large MOEs mean comparisons should be treated cautiously.
Estimated election results
Election voting
Turnout
55.8%
3,354 modeled ballots
Democratic
84.2%
Harris and Walz
Republican
14.7%
Trump and Vance
Other / independent
1.1%
Minor-party, nonparty, write-in
Modeled from official precinct canvass totals using the current CAGIS precinct reference: 21% directly assigned; 5 split precincts area-weighted. Open the full elections explorer.