Population (year 2000): 24,604
Est. population in July 2002: 24,582 (-0.1% change)
Males: 12,452 (50.6%)
Females: 12,152 (49.4%)
Elevation: 715 feet
County: Cook
Land area: 5.5 square miles
Zip code: 60008
Median resident age: 34.4 years
Median household income: $59,535 (year 2000)
Median house value: $176,600 (year 2000)
- For population 25 years and over in Rolling Meadows
- High school or higher: 83.7%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 31.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.5%
- Unemployed: 2.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes
- Nearest city with pop. 50,000+:
- Palatine, IL (3.0 miles, pop. 65,479).
- Nearest city with pop. 200,000+:
- Chicago, IL (28.8 miles, pop. 2,896,016).
- Nearest cities:
- Palatine, IL (3.0 miles)
- Arlington Heights, IL (3.4 miles)
- Schaumburg, IL (5.3 miles)
- Elk Grove Village, IL (5.4 miles)
- Inverness, IL (5.6 miles)
- Mount Prospect, IL (6.2 miles)
- Hoffman Estates, IL (6.5 miles)
- Prospect Heights, IL (7.0 miles).
- Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2000: 11 buildings, average cost: $215,700
- 2001: 29 buildings, average cost: $202,800
- 2002: 4 buildings, average cost: $222,300
- 2003: 4 buildings, average cost: $311,300
- Industries providing employment:
- Manufacturing (18.7%)
- Professional, scientific, management, admin, & waste management services (13.0%)
- Educational, health and social services (12.8%)
- Retail trade (10.6%)
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services (10.6%).
- Suburban Hospitals
- For a current list of suburban hospitals including web site links click here.
- Airports certified for carrier operations:
- Chicago O’Hare International (Chicago, IL; Airport ID: ORD)
- Kenosha Regional (Kenosha, WI; Airport ID: ENW)
- Chicago Midway International (Chicago, IL; Airport ID: MDW)
- Other area public-use airports:
- Palwaukee Municipal (Prospect Heights, IL; Airport ID: PWK)
- Schaumburg Regional Airport(Schaumburg, IL; Airport ID: 4H1)
- Campbell Airport (Grayslake, IL; Airport ID: C81)
- Chicagoland Colleges
- For a current list of Chicagoland Colleges including web site links click here.
- Library in Rolling Meadows:
- Rolling Meadows Library: Operating income: $2,451,570; Location: 3110 Martine Lane; 150,596 books; 12,381 audio materials; 9,015 video materials; 322 serial subscriptions)
- Rolling Meadows compared to Illinois state average:
- Median household income above state average.
- Median house value above state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
