Chicago Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 26,184 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Chicago Heights is the 76th largest community in Illinois.When you are in Chicago Heights, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.29% of Chicago Heights’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Chicago Heights is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chicago Heights who work in sales jobs (10.57%), office and administrative support (8.99%), and healthcare suport services (5.97%). In Chicago Heights, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.02 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. Many people in Chicago Heights take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use taxis to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Chicago Heights citizens for affordable transportation.The percentage of adults in Chicago Heights who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.22% of the adults in Chicago Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Chicago Heights in 2022 was $25,488, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,952 for a family of four. However, Chicago Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chicago Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chicago Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chicago Heights residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Chicago Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chicago Heights include German, Italian, Polish, Irish, and African. Chicago Heights also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.68%. The most common language spoken in Chicago Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
