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A town of 6,772, settled in 1920.
Calumet Park earns a D−, ranked 753rd of 767 in Illinois, mostly because of safety and schools. Its police reported 49 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 95% of U.S. towns. Its public schools trail 83% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. What it does well: few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Calumet Park’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On hazard risk, just 69 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Calumet Park's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 98% of U.S. towns.
Where Calumet Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
7,835 counted in 2010 and 7,025 in 2020; an estimated 6,772 in 2025.
The decline has continued: down 3.5% since 2020, after 10.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Calumet Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for safety (better than 5%), so the D− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,237 in 1920, a peak of 10,069 in 1970, 7,025 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Calumet Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw9 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw15 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Calumet Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Calumet Park.
Calumet Park is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it reports violent crime at 3 times the Illinois rate and carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Illinois (mostly inland flooding).
Violent crime runs at 7.3 per 1,000 residents, 3 times the Illinois rate; the Safety Grade counts each violent crime four times, so this weighs most on its D. Property crime runs at 31.7 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Illinois rate, most of it theft.
The property crime rate in Calumet Park is 31.7 per 1,000 residents. Calumet Park reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 95% report less. The violent crime rate in Calumet Park is 7.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Calumet Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.3 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 31.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 2 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $177K) costs less against local pay than in 79% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. 62.3% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 47.9% across Illinois.
The typical Calumet Park home is worth about $177,000, up 6.9% in a year, 40% below the Illinois typical home. 55% of Calumet Park households own their home.
| Calumet Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,288 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $542 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Calumet Park’s FEMA risk score is 82 of 100. Since 1982, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Calumet Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Calumet Park has 799 jobs for its 2,958 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 1,249 in 2013 to 799.
Most working residents leave Calumet Park for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Calumet Park fell to 799 in 2023, 450 fewer than in 2013. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Calumet Park.
| Calumet Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 6,975 U.S. towns with household incomes like Calumet Park’s, it is healthier than 63%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Calumet Park beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| Calumet Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 35% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Calumet Park | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.4% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.8% | 17.8% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Calumet Park has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Calumet Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Centennial Park | — | 5 |
| 2. Veterans Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
36 within 15 miles of the center of Calumet Park
About 2 of every 100 Calumet Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Where Calumet Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Illinois, United States
Calumet Park (formerly DeYoung) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,025 at the 2020 census. It is a south suburb of Chicago.
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3 towns share a border with Calumet Park.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D−; Calumet Township (D) is closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet Park | #753 | D− | C+ | D | C− | C |
| Blue Island | #707 | D | B− | C− | C− | C+ |
| Calumet Township | #740 | D | C+ | — | C− | D |
| Chicago | #676 | C− | C− | D | C | B+ |
Calumet Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Calumet Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Calumet Park grades D− overall, better than 5% of U.S. towns and #753 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C for health, D for safety and C− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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