One downside of living in Harvey is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Harvey, the average commute to work is 30.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
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.
In Harvey, just 10.05% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
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.
