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.Evergreen Park is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Evergreen Park is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Evergreen Park who work in management occupations (13.70%), office and administrative support (11.34%), and sales jobs (9.63%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.49 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. 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.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.
