Justice is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 12,081 people and three associated neighborhoods, Justice is the 191st largest community in Illinois.
A relatively large number of people in Justice telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.61% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
In Justice, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.67 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 village, Justice 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 Justice exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The percentage of adults in Justice who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.10% of the adults in Justice have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Justice in 2022 was $32,277, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,108 for a family of four. However, Justice contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Justice is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Justice home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Justice residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Justice also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.36% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Justice include Polish, German, Irish, Italian, and Lithuanian.
In addition, Justice has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.91%).
The most common language spoken in Justice is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.