Orland Park is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 51,103 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Orland Park is the 27th largest community in Illinois.

Orland Park is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Orland Park is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orland Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.39%), sales jobs (15.72%), and management occupations (12.74%).

In addition, Orland Park 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, Orland Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Orland Park 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 village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Orland Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Orland Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Orland Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.57 minutes every day commuting to work.

Orland Park Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Orland Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.65% of adults in Orland Park have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Orland Park in 2000 was $30,467, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,868 for a family of four. However, Orland Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Orland Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Orland Park is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Orland Park include Irish, Polish, Italian, German, Greek, Dutch, English, and Lithuanian.

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