Like elsewhere in America, most people in Blue Island use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Blue Island‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Blue Island rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.26% of adults 25 and older in Blue Island have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Blue Island in 2022 was $26,517, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,068 for a family of four. However, Blue Island contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Blue Island is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Blue Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Blue Island, accounting for 44.76% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Blue Island residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Blue Island include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and English.
Blue Island also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.98%.
The most common language spoken in Blue Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
