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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 19,010 people and four associated neighborhoods, Evergreen Park is the 123rd largest community in Illinois.

Also of interest is that Evergreen Park 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 Evergreen Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.31% 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 Evergreen Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Evergreen Park, the average commute to work is 31.49 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.

Despite being a small village, Evergreen Park 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.

Evergreen Park is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 42.88% of adults in Evergreen Park have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Evergreen Park in 2022 was $42,457, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,828 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 18.50% 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.