Palos Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 11,320 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Palos Heights is the 195th largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Palos Heights is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Palos Heights is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Palos Heights who work in management occupations (15.10%), office and administrative support jobs (14.11%), and sales jobs (13.35%).

In addition, Palos Heights is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Palos Heights is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Palos Heights 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, Palos Heights has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Palos Heights's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Palos Heights is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Palos Heights, the average commute to work is 31.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Palos Heights is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Palos Heights Information and Demographics

The citizens of Palos Heights are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.82% of adults in Palos Heights have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Palos Heights in 2000 was $32,895, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,580 for a family of four. However, Palos Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Palos Heights is English. Some people also speak Spanish.