community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calumet Heights, located on the South Side of the city. It is one of the 77 well defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Calumet Heights is bounded by 87th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south (along 95th Street).
It includes the neighborhoods of Calumet Heights and Pill Hill.
56% of Calumet Heights residents are in the labor force. 83% of those are considered to be employed and 17% to be unemployed.
Calumet Heights is a stronghold for the Democratic Party. In the 2016 presidential election, Calumet Heights cast 7,840 votes for Hillary Clinton and cast 184 votes Donald Trump. Despite this landslide victory, it was actually Clinton's 20th largest margin of victory by percentage points in the 76 community areas she won.[1]
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