In Sauk Village, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.05 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.
Despite being a small village, Sauk Village has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, Sauk Village is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.04% of adults 25 and older in Sauk Village have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sauk Village in 2022 was $25,779, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,116 for a family of four. However, Sauk Village contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sauk Village is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Sauk Village home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sauk Village residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Sauk Village also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.65% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sauk Village include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Sauk Village is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
