Champaign is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 91,961 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Champaign is the tenth largest community in Illinois.Champaign is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Champaign is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Champaign who work in teaching (15.77%), office and administrative support (8.95%), and management occupations (8.20%). Also of interest is that Champaign has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Champaign telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Champaign is made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. Champaign is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.37 minutes getting to work every day. Champaign has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Champaign has quite a high level of public transit users. Champaign’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.If knowledge is power, Champaign is a pretty powerful place. 52.73% of the adults in Champaign have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Champaign in 2022 was $36,223, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,892 for a family of four. However, Champaign contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Champaign is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Champaign home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Champaign residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Champaign include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. In addition, Champaign has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.90%). The most common language spoken in Champaign is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
