Carpentersville is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 37,288 people and six associated neighborhoods, Carpentersville is the 48th largest community in Illinois.Carpentersville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Carpentersville is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Carpentersville who work in office and administrative support (11.80%), maintenance occupations (8.56%), and management occupations (7.45%). Also of interest is that Carpentersville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Carpentersville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. One downside of living in Carpentersville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Carpentersville, the average commute to work is 32.05 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Carpentersville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.05% of adults in Carpentersville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Carpentersville in 2022 was $30,788, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,152 for a family of four. However, Carpentersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Carpentersville is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Carpentersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Carpentersville, accounting for 54.37% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Carpentersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Carpentersville include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian. In addition, Carpentersville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.84%). The most common language spoken in Carpentersville is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Tagalog.
