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Arlington Heights village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Arlington Heights village is a Census village of 76,005 people across 16.61 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $116,723, 74.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 146 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $77.1 m.
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Arlington Heights
What Arlington Heights is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area16.61 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,575
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arlington Heights
How many people live in Arlington Heights
- Population76,005
- Median age42.6
- Population under 1817,214
- Share under 1822.6 percent
- Population 65 and over15,238
- Share 65 and over20.0 percent
- Households31,466
- Family households20,596
- Share of households that are families65.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arlington Heights
Income and work in Arlington Heights
- Median household income$116,723
- Per capita income$62,826
- Civilian labor force40,445
- Employed39,037
- Unemployed1,408 plus or minus 289
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Adults 25 and over54,878
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher60.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arlington Heights
Housing in Arlington Heights
- Housing units33,005
- Occupied units31,466
- Vacant units1,539 plus or minus 410
- Vacancy rate4.7 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied23,288
- Renter occupied8,178
- Ownership rate74.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$414,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,760
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.1 percent
- Single family units19,848
- Share single family60.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more13,122
- Share in buildings of two or more39.8 percent
- Mobile homes35 plus or minus 49
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arlington Heights
How Arlington Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute28,720
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,002
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more12,802
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.6 percent
- Drove alone62.0 percent
- Carpooled6.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport4.3 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home25.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arlington Heights
SBA 7(a) lending to Arlington Heights borrowers
- Approvals146
- Gross approval$77,116,300
- Average approval$528,194
- Median approval$180,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,450,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,420
- Jobs per approval9.7
- Loans with a final outcome35
- Paid in full31
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.4 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.3 percent
- Share to franchises7.5 percent
- Distinct lenders43
- Distinct industries by NAICS68
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Arlington Heights
SBA 504 lending to Arlington Heights borrowers
- Approvals47
- Gross approval$33,570,000
- Average approval$714,255
- Median approval$453,000
- Largest approval$2,608,000
- Jobs supported553
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Arlington Heights
Flood programme status in Arlington Heights
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170056
- Currently effective map date09/18/13
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cook County, not Arlington Heights
Cook County context, not Arlington Heights figures
These are Cook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Arlington Heights measurements.
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Employment at those establishments, Cook County2,492,328
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Average weekly wage, Cook County$1,672
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
- Of those, single family, Cook County1,142
- County product, 2024, Cook County$546,440,623,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cook County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cook County$91,691
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Arlington Heights. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Arlington Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Arlington Heights, Illinois?
76,005, in 31,466 households. Arlington Heights village covers 16.61 square miles of land, which is 4,575 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Arlington Heights in?
Cook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Arlington Heights?
$116,723. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $414,500. Median gross rent is $1,760 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Arlington Heights businesses?
146 7(a) approvals totalling $77.1 m, across 43 lenders, median approval $180,000, plus 47 504 approvals worth $33.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Arlington Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Arlington Heights borrowers get paid back?
Of the 35 loans that have reached a final outcome, 31 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.4 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Arlington Heights in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Arlington Heights appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170056, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Arlington Heights figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Arlington Heights.
Is zoning published for Arlington Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.