Glen Ellyn is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 27,040 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Glen Ellyn is the 79th largest community in Illinois.

Glen Ellyn is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 90.53% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glen Ellyn is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Ellyn who work in management occupations (16.69%), sales jobs (16.41%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.76%).

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

Of important note, Glen Ellyn is also a village of artists. Glen Ellyn has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Glen Ellyn's character.

In addition, Glen Ellyn 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, Glen Ellyn is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Glen Ellyn a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Glen Ellyn has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Glen Ellyn's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Glen Ellyn is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Glen Ellyn, the average commute to work is 30.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Glen Ellyn Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Glen Ellyn, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Glen Ellyn is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.84% 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 Glen Ellyn in 2000 was $39,783, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $159,132 for a family of four. However, Glen Ellyn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Glen Ellyn is English. Some people also speak Spanish.