Villa Park is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 6,090 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Villa Park is the 500th largest community in California.

Villa Park is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Villa Park is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Villa Park who work in management occupations (20.98%), sales jobs (17.95%), and office and administrative support jobs (15.23%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Villa Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Villa Park 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, Villa Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Villa Park 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, Villa Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Villa Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Villa Park is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Villa Park isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.94% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small city, Villa Park doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Villa Park Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Villa Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Villa Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.27% 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 Villa Park in 2000 was $53,130, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $212,520 for a family of four. However, Villa Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Villa Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Villa Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Villa Park is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Villa Park include German, English, Irish, Italian, European, Scottish, Russian, and French.

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