Schaumburg is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 74,511 people and 20 constituent neighborhoods, Schaumburg is the 14th largest community in Illinois.

Schaumburg is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 85.07% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Schaumburg is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Schaumburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.16%), sales jobs (14.07%), and management occupations (12.08%).

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

In addition, Schaumburg is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Schaumburg is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Schaumburg really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Schaumburg perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Schaumburg Information and Demographics

The citizens of Schaumburg are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.88% of adults in Schaumburg have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Schaumburg in 2000 was $30,587, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,348 for a family of four. However, Schaumburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of Schaumburg's cultural character, accounting for 19.14% of the village's population.

The languages spoken by people in Schaumburg 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 Schaumburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish, and Korean.