Rolling Meadows is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 23,329 people and five associated neighborhoods, Rolling Meadows is the 97th largest community in Illinois.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rolling Meadows is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rolling Meadows is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rolling Meadows who work in sales jobs (9.92%), office and administrative support (9.80%), and management occupations (8.56%). Also of interest is that Rolling Meadows has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.52% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Rolling Meadows is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.47% of adults in Rolling Meadows have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Rolling Meadows in 2022 was $46,475, which is wealthy relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $185,900 for a family of four. However, Rolling Meadows contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rolling Meadows is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rolling Meadows home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rolling Meadows residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Rolling Meadows also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.33% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rolling Meadows include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and English. Rolling Meadows also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.06%. The most common language spoken in Rolling Meadows is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
