Park Ridge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 37,735 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Park Ridge is the 49th largest community in Illinois.

Park Ridge is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.13% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Park Ridge is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Park Ridge who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.77%), management occupations (15.24%), and sales jobs (13.71%).

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

In addition, Park Ridge is home to many people who could 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, Park Ridge is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Park Ridge 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, Park Ridge has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Park Ridge's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Park Ridge has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the train.

Park Ridge Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Park Ridge, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Park Ridge is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 46.20% 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 Park Ridge in 2000 was $36,046, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,184 for a family of four. However, Park Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Park Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.