Upper Arlington is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 33,605 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Upper Arlington is the 36th largest community in Ohio.

Upper Arlington is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 95.06% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Upper Arlington is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Upper Arlington who work in management occupations (15.77%), sales jobs (13.84%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.88%).

Of important note, Upper Arlington is also a city of artists. Upper Arlington has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Upper Arlington's character.

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

Upper Arlington, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Upper Arlington is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. 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, Upper Arlington is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Upper Arlington 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, Upper Arlington has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Upper Arlington's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the benefits of Upper Arlington is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.93 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Upper Arlington is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Upper Arlington Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Upper Arlington is a pretty powerful place. 67.46% of the adults in Upper Arlington have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Upper Arlington in 2000 was $42,025, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,100 for a family of four. However, Upper Arlington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Upper Arlington home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Upper Arlington is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Upper Arlington include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Upper Arlington is English.