About Elm Grove

Elm Grove is a somewhat small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 6,276 people and just one neighborhood, Elm Grove is the 119th largest community in Wisconsin.

Elm Grove is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 91.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Elm Grove is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elm Grove who work in management occupations (17.83%), sales jobs (12.80%), and healthcare (11.67%).

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

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

In addition, Elm Grove 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, Elm Grove is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Elm Grove 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 village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Elm Grove has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Elm Grove's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the benefits of Elm Grove is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.05 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.

As is often the case in a small village, Elm Grove doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Elm Grove Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Elm Grove. 65.12% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Elm Grove in 2000 was $48,871, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $195,484 for a family of four. However, Elm Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Elm Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include German and Spanish.