Evergreen Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 19,010 people and four associated neighborhoods, Evergreen Park is the 123rd largest community in Illinois.
A relatively large number of people in Evergreen Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.21% 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.
In Evergreen Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.06 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
In Evergreen Park, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Evergreen Park is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other 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.