Arlington Heights is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 76,098 people and 15 constituent neighborhoods, Arlington Heights is the 12th largest community in Illinois.

Arlington Heights is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 87.83% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Arlington Heights is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arlington Heights who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.54%), management occupations (15.08%), and sales jobs (13.28%).

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

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

Arlington Heights Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Arlington Heights is a pretty powerful place. 46.46% of the adults in Arlington Heights 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 Arlington Heights in 2000 was $33,544, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,176 for a family of four. However, Arlington Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Arlington Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.