One downside of living in Chicago Heights is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Chicago Heights, the average commute to work is 31.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Chicago Heights has a lot of people who ride taxis to and from work. In fact, for its size, Chicago Heights has quite a high level of public transit users. Chicago Heights’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.
The percentage of adults in Chicago Heights who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.22% of the adults in Chicago Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Chicago Heights in 2022 was $25,488, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,952 for a family of four. However, Chicago Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chicago Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chicago Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chicago Heights residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Chicago Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chicago Heights include German, Italian, Polish, Irish, and African.
In addition, Chicago Heights has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.68%).
The most common language spoken in Chicago Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
