Because of many things, Glencoe is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Glencoe a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Glencoe has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Glencoe’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Glencoe has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Glencoe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Glencoe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Glencoe may be for you.
The population of Glencoe overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Glencoe, 23.44% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Glencoe in 2018 was $33,056, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,224 for a family of four. However, Glencoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Glencoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glencoe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glencoe include Irish, English, German, French, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Glencoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
