Evergreen Park vs Harvey

A side-by-side comparison of Evergreen Park and Harvey: population, income, housing, and more.

Evergreen Park and Harvey are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harvey has the higher population (19,831 vs 19,498 in Evergreen Park). Evergreen Park has the higher median household income ($95,738 vs $41,091 in Harvey). Evergreen Park has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $86,100 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen Park	Harvey
Population	19,498	19,831
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,738	$41,091
Median home value	$255,700	$86,100
Median gross rent	$1,425	$968
Housing units	7,707	9,381
Homeownership rate	83.4%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen Park	Harvey
Population	19,479 → 19,498 (+0.1%)	24,386 → 19,831 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$75,657 → $95,738 (+26.5%)	$30,306 → $41,091 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$193,300 → $255,700 (+32.3%)	$73,700 → $86,100 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,425 (+20.6%)	$946 → $968 (+2.3%)

Evergreen Park

Population

19,47919,498

Median household income

$75,657$95,738

Median home value

$193,300$255,700

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,425

Harvey

Population

24,38619,831

Median household income

$30,306$41,091

Median home value

$73,700$86,100

Median gross rent

$946$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evergreen Park	Harvey
Under 5	10.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.7%
75 and over	3.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen Park	Harvey
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	3.2%
Black or African American	22.2%	57.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen Park	Harvey
No high school diploma	6.4%	23.9%
High school graduate	20.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen Park	Harvey
Drove alone	69.3%	66.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	13.0%
Public transit	5.9%	9.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.3%	4.5%
Other means	2.2%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen Park	Harvey
1-unit, detached	85.8%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen Park	Harvey
Poverty rate	5.3%	25.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1955	1960