Western Springs is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 12,621 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Western Springs is the 180th largest community in Illinois.

Western Springs is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 94.20% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Western Springs is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Western Springs who work in management occupations (18.46%), sales jobs (15.78%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.17%).

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

In addition, Western Springs is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Western Springs 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, Western Springs really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Western Springs 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.

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

Western Springs Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Western Springs, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Western Springs is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 66.39% 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 Western Springs in 2000 was $43,699, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $174,796 for a family of four. However, Western Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Western Springs is English.