Winthrop Harbor is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 6,565 people and two associated neighborhoods, Winthrop Harbor is the 289th largest community in Illinois.Winthrop Harbor is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. A relatively large number of people in Winthrop Harbor telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.80% 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 Winthrop Harbor, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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 citizens of Winthrop Harbor are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.37% of adults in Winthrop Harbor having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
