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Arlington Heights, IL

75,579 Population
16.6 square miles 4,551.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$53,035 ±$4,200 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $42,380 ±$457
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $39,794 ±$375
$102,237 ±$6,887 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $78,166 ±$830
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $72,205 ±$574

6.2% ±2.4% (4,633  ±1,798) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.5% 1,074,693 (±0.3% / ±29,914)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 12.1% 1,498,523 (±0.3% / ±37,209)

N/A Mean travel time to work

Families

31,415 ±1,814 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,670,416 ±9,818
  • Illinois: 4,991,641 ±12,428
2.4 ±0.2 (74,776  ±2,578) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,355,321 (±0 / ±6,734)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,382,348 (±0)

8.4% ±4% (1,316  ±636) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.6% 106,083 (±0.2% / ±4,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 147,999 (±0.2% / ±6,878)

Housing

33,260 ±1,984 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,956,161 ±2,578
  • Illinois: 5,440,294 ±583

$376,800 ±$17,672 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $281,100 ±$1,875
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $231,500 ±$1,606

13.6% ±3.8% (10,116  ±2,807.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.3% 1,064,776 (±0.3% / ±30,073)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,448,650 (±0.3% / ±31,174.8)

Social

96% ±4.4% (53,576  ±3,610.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.8% 5,882,540 (±0.6% / ±37,262.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.2% 7,872,693 (±0.5% / ±42,399.1)
59.8% ±3.7% (33,345  ±2,636.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 40.6% 2,662,568 (±0.4% / ±25,424.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 37.1% 3,242,579 (±0.3% / ±27,382.6)

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

19.9% ±3.4% (15,047  ±2,580) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.9% 1,697,386 (±0.3% / ±23,991)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,562 (±0.2% / ±23,890)

3.8% ±1.2% (2,267  ±749) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.1% 298,597 (±0.1% / ±9,166)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 496,352 (±0.1% / ±10,780)
2,267 Total veterans ±749 2,115 Male ±726 152 Female ±181

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