For a small city, Harvey has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Harvey exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The rate of college-level education in Harvey is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.70% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Harvey in 2022 was $23,472, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,888 for a family of four. However, Harvey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Harvey is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harvey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harvey residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Harvey also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Harvey include German, Irish, Polish, African, and Haitian.
Harvey also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.86%.
The most common language spoken in Harvey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
