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Evergreen Park, IL
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Evergreen Park profile


Living in Evergreen Park



Evergreen Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 19,211 people and four associated neighborhoods, Evergreen Park is the 123rd largest community in Illinois.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.21% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One downside of living in Evergreen Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Evergreen Park, the average commute to work is 32.06 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Even though Evergreen Park is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The education level of Evergreen Park ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Evergreen Park, 42.42% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Evergreen Park in 2022 was $41,521, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,084 for a family of four. However, Evergreen Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Evergreen Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Evergreen Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Evergreen Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Evergreen Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.53% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Evergreen Park include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Evergreen Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.