In Harvey, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.42 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.
For a small city, Harvey has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Harvey exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The rate of college-level education in Harvey is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.05% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Harvey in 2022 was $22,859, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,436 for a family of four. However, Harvey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Harvey is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harvey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harvey residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Harvey also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Harvey include German, Irish, Haitian, Polish, and African.
In addition, Harvey has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.54%).
The most common language spoken in Harvey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
