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 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, Upper Arlington really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Upper Arlington 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.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.93 minutes getting to work every day.

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.