Winthrop Harbor is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 6,594 people and two associated neighborhoods, Winthrop Harbor is the 289th largest community in Illinois.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Winthrop Harbor is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Winthrop Harbor is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winthrop Harbor who work in office and administrative support (18.22%), management occupations (14.43%), and sales jobs (8.72%). Also of interest is that Winthrop Harbor has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Winthrop Harbor is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Winthrop Harbor, the average commute to work is 30.66 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small village, Winthrop Harbor does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Winthrop Harbor citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.37% of adults in Winthrop Harbor have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Winthrop Harbor in 2022 was $47,771, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $191,084 for a family of four. However, Winthrop Harbor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Winthrop Harbor is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Winthrop Harbor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winthrop Harbor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Winthrop Harbor also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.76% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Winthrop Harbor include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Winthrop Harbor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.