Loves Park is a somewhat small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 19,904 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Loves Park is the 119th largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Loves Park is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Loves Park is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Loves Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.93%), sales jobs (11.62%), and management occupations (7.46%).

For most residents of Loves Park, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.3% of people in Loves Park drive alone to work on most days, making Loves Park a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Loves Park's landscape.

Loves Park is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Loves Park Information and Demographics

The population of Loves Park overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Loves Park, 17.18% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Loves Park in 2000 was $20,781, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,124 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Loves Park is English. Some people also speak Spanish.