Mount Prospect is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 56,706 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Mount Prospect is the 21st largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some villages, Mount Prospect isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mount Prospect are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Prospect is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Prospect who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.97%), sales jobs (13.36%), and management occupations (11.51%).

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

In addition, Mount Prospect 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.

Mount Prospect Information and Demographics

The population of Mount Prospect is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.35% of adults in Mount Prospect have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mount Prospect in 2000 was $26,464, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,856 for a family of four.

Mount Prospect is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Mount Prospect home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mount Prospect is White, followed by Asian. Mount Prospect also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.70% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Prospect include German, Polish, Italian, Irish, English, and Greek.

Mount Prospect also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.73%.

The languages spoken by people in Mount Prospect are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Mount Prospect is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish, Gujarathi, and Korean.