Green Oaks, IL real estate and demographic information

About Green Oaks

Green Oaks is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,881 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Green Oaks is the 377th largest community in Illinois.

Green Oaks home prices are not only among the most expensive in Illinois, but Green Oaks real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Green Oaks is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 91.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Green Oaks is a village of professionals, managers and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Green Oaks who work in management occupations (23.78%), sales jobs (12.16%) and office and administrative support (8.95%).

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

Also of interest is that Green Oaks 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: 9.33% 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, Green Oaks 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.

Green Oaks 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, Green Oaks’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

In Green Oaks, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Green Oaks is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Green Oaks Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Green Oaks, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Green Oaks is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 70.60% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Green Oaks in 2010 was $66,433, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $265,732 for a family of four.

Green Oaks is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Green Oaks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Green Oaks residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Green Oaks include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, English and Swedish.

The languages spoken by people in Green Oaks are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Green Oaks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Hindi, Spanish and Korean.