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Highland Park, IL real estate and demographic information

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Highland Park zip codes60035, 60040

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POPULATION
31,379

Highland Park, IL Information

HIGHLAND PARK INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 31,379
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 11,921
HIGHLAND PARK HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 79.08%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 17.45%
% VACANT 3.47%
TYPE OF HIGHLAND PARK HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 74.56%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 5.94%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 4.90%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 14.48%
MOBILE HOMES 0.13%
OTHER 0.00%
SIZE OF HIGHLAND PARK HOMES
NO BEDROOM 0.95%
1 BEDROOM 7.21%
2 BEDROOMS 17.22%
3 BEDROOMS 33.91%
4 BEDROOMS 28.01%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 12.70%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 4.71%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 25.70%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 47.90%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 21.69%


HIGHLAND PARK REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $630,257
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $1,258
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$85,000 0.45%
$85,001-$170,000 0.71%
$170,001-$340,000 11.07%
$340,001-$510,000 24.40%
$510,001-$680,000 18.85%
$680,001-$849,000 14.11%
$849,001-$1,274,000 14.35%
$1,274,001-$1,700,000 8.02%
> $1,700,000 8.04%


PEOPLE OF Highland Park DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.36%
5 TO 17 19.83%
18 TO 24 4.31%
25 TO 34 9.55%
35 TO 54 32.64%
55 TO 64 11.33%
65 YEARS AND OVER 14.99%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 91.69%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 61.61%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $100,967
PER CAPITA INCOME $55,331
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 3.77%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Professional, scientific, and technical services (17.24%), Healthcare (12.01%), Retail (10.55%), Education (9.09%), Finance (8.68%), Manufacturing (8.30%), Accomodation (5.80%), Wholesale (5.65%), Other (4.02%), Real Estate (3.92%), Administration (3.53%), Construction (3.06%), Information Technology (2.65%), Arts (2.56%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 3.67%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 91.45%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 1.22%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.18%
ASIAN 2.56%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.00%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 3.37%
TWO OR MORE RACES 1.22%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 9.37%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (16.62%), Unclassified (15.26%), Russian (13.38%), United States or American (8.77%), German (8.58%), Italian (6.93%), Polish (5.40%), Irish (3.83%), English (2.86%), Eastern European (2.54%)
FOREIGN BORN 15.29%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (74.54%) , Spanish (8.24%) , Italian (2.16%) , Russian (2.16%)
About Highland Park

Highland Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 31,379 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Highland Park is the 65th largest community in Illinois.

Highland Park is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.30% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Highland Park is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Highland Park who work in sales jobs (17.35%), management occupations (16.59%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.98%).

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

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

In addition, Highland Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Highland Park 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 city'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, Highland Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Highland Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.46 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Highland Park Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Highland Park. 61.61% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Highland Park in 2000 was $55,331, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $221,324 for a family of four. However, Highland Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

Highland Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.29%.

The languages spoken by people in Highland Park are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Highland Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian, and Russian.

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