Geneva is a medium-sized town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 21,459 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Geneva is the 104th largest community in Illinois.

Geneva is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.58% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Geneva is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Geneva who work in management occupations (18.01%), sales jobs (16.19%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.98%).

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

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

Geneva Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Geneva is a pretty powerful place. 52.94% of the adults in Geneva 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 Geneva in 2000 was $33,291, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,164 for a family of four. However, Geneva contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Geneva is English. Some people also speak Spanish.