Elm Grove is a somewhat small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 6,416 people and two associated neighborhoods, Elm Grove is the 134th largest community in Wisconsin. Elm Grove home prices are not only among the most expensive in Wisconsin, but Elm Grove real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Elm Grove is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 86.77% 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 (14.35%), teaching (11.77%), and healthcare (11.30%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Elm Grove telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 22.27% 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, 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 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, Elm Grove really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Elm Grove perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, 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.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Elm Grove, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Elm Grove is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 67.00% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Elm Grove in 2022 was $70,716, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $282,864 for a family of four. The people who call Elm Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elm Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Elm Grove include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Elm Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Serbo-Croatian.
