About Clarendon Hills

Clarendon Hills is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 7,708 people and just one neighborhood, Clarendon Hills is the 248th largest community in Illinois.

Clarendon Hills is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 92.88% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Clarendon Hills is a village of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarendon Hills who work in management occupations (19.38%), sales jobs (15.99%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.13%).

Also of interest is that Clarendon Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Clarendon Hills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Clarendon Hills is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Clarendon Hills's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small village, Clarendon Hills does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Clarendon Hills Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Clarendon Hills, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Clarendon Hills is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 65.02% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Clarendon Hills in 2000 was $41,859, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,436 for a family of four. However, Clarendon Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Clarendon Hills home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Clarendon Hills is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Clarendon Hills include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, English, Greek, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Clarendon Hills is English. Some people also speak Spanish.