Machesney Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 20,681 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Machesney Park is the 113rd largest community in Illinois.

Machesney Park is a blue-collar town, with 36.6% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Machesney Park is a village of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Machesney Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.10%), sales jobs (10.67%), and management occupations (6.74%).

Residents of Machesney Park by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.2% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented village. While Machesney Park may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small village, Machesney Park doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Machesney Park Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Machesney Park is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.18% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Machesney Park in 2000 was $19,685, which is middle income relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $78,740 for a family of four.

The people who call Machesney Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Machesney Park is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Machesney Park include German, Irish, Swedish, Italian, English, Norwegian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Machesney Park is English.