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," 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, Highland Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Highland Park 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 city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Highland Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Highland Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Highland Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.46 minutes every day commuting to work.

Highland Park Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Highland Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Highland Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 61.61% 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 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.