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Arlington Heights, IL

77,699 Population
16.6 square miles 4,677.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$56,915 ±$5,569 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,011 ±$493
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$106,051 ±$7,338 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $87,071 ±$941
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

5.7% ±2.1% (4,415  ±1,623) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11% 1,001,327 (±0.3% / ±31,097)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

28.2 minutes ±0.6 (845,165  ±41,063) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

32,370 ±1,706 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,671,659 ±10,232
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.4 ±0.2 (76,822  ±2,862) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,116,615 (±0 / ±2,516)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

5.8% ±3.5% (911  ±569) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.5% 100,521 (±0.2% / ±5,146)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

33,536 ±1,870 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,911,902 ±917
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$397,000 ±$25,896 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $316,500 ±$2,570
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

12.6% ±3.7% (9,758  ±2,895.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.6% 967,333 (±0.3% / ±27,737.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

96.8% ±5.2% (54,650  ±3,990.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,782,176 (±0.6% / ±39,379.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
62.2% ±4.8% (35,118  ±3,206.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 42.1% 2,709,482 (±0.4% / ±25,714.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

24.2% ±3.5% (18,831  ±2,808) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.9% 1,748,189 (±0.3% / ±26,434)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

2.9% ±1.1% (1,784  ±662) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.7% 268,209 (±0.1% / ±8,256)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
1,784 Total veterans ±662 1,745 Male ±665 39 Female ±63

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