Naperville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 128,300 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Naperville is the fourth largest community in Illinois.

Naperville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.73% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Naperville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Naperville who work in management occupations (19.45%), sales jobs (15.08%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.15%).

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

Another interesting thing about Naperville, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Naperville is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Naperville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Naperville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Naperville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Naperville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Naperville Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Naperville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Naperville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 60.63% 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 Naperville in 2000 was $35,551, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,204 for a family of four. However, Naperville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Naperville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Naperville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Naperville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Naperville include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Naperville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.