Deerfield is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 18,497 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Deerfield is the 127th largest community in Illinois.

Deerfield is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.88% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Deerfield is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Deerfield who work in sales jobs (18.64%), management occupations (16.31%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.52%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Deerfield is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Deerfield is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Deerfield really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Deerfield perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Deerfield Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Deerfield is a pretty powerful place. 68.53% of the adults in Deerfield have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Deerfield in 2000 was $50,664, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $202,656 for a family of four. However, Deerfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Deerfield is English.