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Steger, IL
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Living in Steger



Steger is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 9,334 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Steger is the 227th largest community in Illinois.

Also of interest is that Steger has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Steger telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.69% 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.

One downside of living in Steger is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Steger, the average commute to work is 32.22 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.

In Steger, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Steger is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Steger rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.19% of adults 25 and older in Steger have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Steger in 2018 was $27,204, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,816 for a family of four. However, Steger contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Steger is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Steger home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Steger residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Steger also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.83% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Steger include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Steger is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.