Naperville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 128,300 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Naperville is the fourth largest community in Illinois.

Naperville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.73% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Naperville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Naperville who work in management occupations (19.45%), sales jobs (15.08%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.15%).

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

One thing noticeable about Naperville, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Naperville is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Naperville a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Naperville is also home to many people who can 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, Naperville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Naperville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Naperville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Naperville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Naperville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Naperville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Naperville is a pretty powerful place. 60.63% of the adults in Naperville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Naperville in 2000 was $35,551, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,204 for a family of four. However, Naperville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Naperville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Naperville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Naperville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Naperville include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Naperville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.