About Sugar Grove

Sugar Grove is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,892 people and just one neighborhood, Sugar Grove is the 327th largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sugar Grove is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sugar Grove is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sugar Grove who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.40%), management occupations (13.15%), and sales jobs (11.95%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 9.79% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Sugar Grove 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.

Sugar Grove 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 town'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, Sugar Grove's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Sugar Grove Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Sugar Grove is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.57% of adults in Sugar Grove have a college degree.

The per capita income in Sugar Grove in 2000 was $29,099, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,396 for a family of four. However, Sugar Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sugar Grove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sugar Grove is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sugar Grove include German, English, Irish, Italian, Swedish, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Sugar Grove is English. Some people also speak Spanish.