Calumet Park is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 6,685 people and two associated neighborhoods, Calumet Park is the 282nd largest community in Illinois.
A relatively large number of people in Calumet Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.81% 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.
In Calumet Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.52 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.
For a small village, Calumet Park 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 Calumet Park exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The education level of Calumet Park citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.83% of adults 25 and older in Calumet Park have a college degree.
The per capita income in Calumet Park in 2022 was $25,854, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,416 for a family of four. However, Calumet Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Calumet Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Calumet Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calumet Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Calumet Park include African, Polish, German, Irish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Calumet Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.