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SheetIL-EVERGREEN-PARK-IL · Evergreen Park, IL 19,498 pop · income 75th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Evergreen Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Evergreen Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Arvin · lowest
49,984
Arvin · lowest
49,984 median HH income
20.0% of the leader · rank #1
Regency at Mo… · near
95,724
Regency at Mo… · near
95,724 median HH income
38.3% of the leader · rank #2
Evergreen Park · this city
95,738
Evergreen Park · this city
95,738 median HH income
38.3% of the leader · rank #3
Powderly · near
95,742
Powderly · near
95,742 median HH income
38.3% of the leader · rank #4
Dillon · near
95,750
Dillon · near
95,750 median HH income
38.3% of the leader · rank #5
Crown Point · near
95,757
Crown Point · near
95,757 median HH income
38.3% of the leader · rank #6
Orinda · highest
250,001
Orinda · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Evergreen Park on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 19,498.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Evergreen Park - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Evergreen Park places in the 75th percentile for household income and the 2nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
75th
percentile, household income
57th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
2nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Evergreen Park, IL
Evergreen Park is a small town in Illinois, home to 19,498 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $95,738 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.9%. Evergreen Park's housing stock carries a median value of $255,700, and the median resident age is 38.1 years. 42.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 64.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 0 residential units were authorized in 2024 (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier. Evergreen Park's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 5957.1 incidents per 100,000 residents, above the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Illinois at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,063 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $240 across Illinois, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Evergreen Park report an average commute of 26.3 minutes, with 69.3% driving alone and 14.3% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 54.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Evergreen Park's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Evergreen Park, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Evergreen Park growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -583 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in Evergreen Park?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.3 minutes.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Evergreen Park?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 5957.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 161% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Evergreen Park?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Homewood (19,471 residents, $96,522 income); Lake Zurich (19,727 residents, $139,959 income); Crest Hill (19,754 residents, $71,408 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Boerne, TX (19,509 residents); Cedar Mill, OR (19,482 residents); Arvin, CA (19,478 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Evergreen Park?
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 42.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
42.9%
Poverty estimate
3.9%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Evergreen Park?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$95,738
Home value
$255,700
Value / income
2.7×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above median income · poverty 3.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
B-
City profile score · Evergreen Park, IL
66/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$95,738
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B-
123 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Evergreen Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 42.9%
Household income: 75/100 (B+) · $95,738
Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 3.9%
Violent crime: 65/100 (B-) · 123 /100k
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Evergreen Park sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Evergreen Park's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Evergreen Park highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Evergreen Park, IL (this city): home $255,700, crime 5,957/100k
Boerne, TX : home $437,100, crime 1,286/100k
Orinda, CA : home $1,804,400, crime 937/100k
Hawthorne, NJ : home $499,200, crime 895/100k
Homewood, IL : home $210,500, crime 2,277/100k
Lake Zurich, IL : home $418,300, crime 1,272/100k
Crest Hill, IL : home $222,600, crime 1,089/100k
Brookfield, IL : home $314,000, crime 737/100k
Lake Forest, IL : home $909,800, crime 646/100k
Deerfield, IL : home $608,600, crime 1,038/100k
How does Evergreen Park compare to other US cities?
Where Evergreen Park sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income75% higher than other cities
Home value57% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety2% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Illinois alone, Evergreen Park ranks #451 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Evergreen Park against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Evergreen Park near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Evergreen Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Evergreen Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#254 of 1,311
81st percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#221 of 1,315
83rd percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#939 of 1,335
29th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#160 of 1,336
88th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
75th percentile nationally for median household income · 2nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Evergreen Park's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Evergreen Park's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Evergreen Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$255,70043rd percentilemore affordable than 43% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Evergreen Park's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,877 of 15,516
More affordable than 69% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#517 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.7×, Evergreen Park sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,877 of 15,516 and #517 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$95,738Evergreen Park, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Evergreen Park, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Evergreen Park, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
19,498
Median Income
$95,738
Median Home Value
$255,700
Median Age
38.1
Poverty Rate
3.9%
Labor force participation
64.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
5957.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
122.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
5834.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Evergreen Park's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
19,866 residents
2021
19,510 residents
2022
19,234 residents
2023
19,180 residents
2024
19,325 residents
2025
19,283 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
3
3
0
$0.7M
2020
6
6
0
$1.1M
2021
5
5
0
$0.9M
2022
1
1
0
$0.5M
2023
13
13
0
$3.0M
2024
0
0
0
-
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.3 minutes
Drive Alone
69.3%
Carpool
6.1%
Public Transit
5.9%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
14.3%
Other
2.3%
Based on 9,461 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Evergreen Park. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Evergreen Park is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Evergreen Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Evergreen Park compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.