In Evergreen Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.06 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, 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. 42.42% 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 $41,521, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,084 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 15.53% 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.
