Westchester is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 16,262 people and five associated neighborhoods, Westchester is the 151st largest community in Illinois.Westchester is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Westchester is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Westchester who work in office and administrative support (18.16%), management occupations (12.48%), and business and financial occupations (7.25%). Also of interest is that Westchester has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.49% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Westchester 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, Westchester really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Westchester perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, 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. Despite being a small village, Westchester has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.The citizens of Westchester are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.89% of adults in Westchester have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Westchester in 2022 was $50,889, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $203,556 for a family of four. Westchester is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Westchester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Westchester residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Westchester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.75% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Westchester include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Czech. The most common language spoken in Westchester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
