Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Evergreen Park's standout: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 98% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades C+, 507th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. Residents are healthier than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $96K. Its weakest subject is safety: its crime rate is higher than 95% of U.S. towns, with 25 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Evergreen Park’s property crime rate is 54.8 per 1,000 residents, where Illinois’ towns sit at 7.9 and U.S. towns at 9.9. The biggest park or preserve is James J. Sexton Park, at 49 acres.
Where Evergreen Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Evergreen Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Evergreen Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for safety (better than 5%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 445 in 1900, 19,943 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Evergreen Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw8 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw12 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 Evergreen 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 Evergreen Park.
Property crime runs at 54.8 per 1,000 residents, 4 times the Illinois rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 1,153 to 1,075 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Evergreen Park reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 95% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
11% of Evergreen Park adults report frequent physical distress. Evergreen Park beats the Illinois average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of Evergreen Park adults binge drink.
| Evergreen Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Evergreen Park | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.8% | 5.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.4% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Evergreen Park for work: only 7% work in town. 4% of residents live below the poverty line in Evergreen Park. The top destinations are Chicago (43%), Oak Lawn (3%) and Alsip (1%).
| Evergreen Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Evergreen 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
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Evergreen Park since 1997.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.3 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Evergreen Park’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Evergreen Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.8% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. James J. Sexton Park | 0.3 mi | 49 |
| 2. Yukich Fields | — | 25 |
| 3. Duffy Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Children under 18 are 26% of residents (22% statewide). Evergreen Park has lost 3.3% of its people since 2020, down to 19,283 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 43% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Evergreen Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.8 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 69% are men (IL 51%).
| Evergreen Park | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.8% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.8% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.1% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.5% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The typical Evergreen Park home is worth about $290,000, up 4.5% in a year, close to the Illinois typical home. The median rent in Evergreen Park is $1,420 a month.
| Evergreen Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,420 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
43 within 15 miles of the center of Evergreen Park
About 5 of every 100 Evergreen Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
40 notable people were born in Evergreen Park.
Village in Illinois, United States
Evergreen Park is a village and south suburb in Cook County, Illinois, United States. In 2020, the population was 19,943. The village shares a border with Chicago on the north, east, and south sides; while also sharing a border with Oak Lawn on the west side.
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2 towns share a border with Evergreen Park.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Park | #507 | C+ | C | D | B− | A |
| Worth Township | #531 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Chicago | #676 | C− | C− | D | C | B+ |
Worth Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Evergreen Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Evergreen Park grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #507 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health, D for safety and B− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 3.2 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.
40 notable people were born here, including Jane Lynch and Sean Hayes.
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