In Alsip, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.90 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Even though Alsip is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The citizens of Alsip are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.50% of adults in Alsip having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alsip in 2022 was $33,200, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,800 for a family of four. However, Alsip contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Alsip is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Alsip home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alsip residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Alsip also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.84% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alsip include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Alsip is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
