Evergreen Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 19,211 people and four associated neighborhoods, Evergreen Park is the 123rd largest community in Illinois.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Evergreen Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 (13.95%), office and administrative support (11.47%), and teaching (9.48%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.21% 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. 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.The citizens of Evergreen Park are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.42% of adults in Evergreen Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. 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.
