What is Calumet Heights, Chicago?
'''Calumet Heights''', located on the [[South Side, Chicago|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, Chicago|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 (United States)|Democratic Party]]. In the [[United States presidential election in Illinois, 2016|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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Tanveer|title=How Every Chicago Neighborhood Voted In The 2016 Presidential Election|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois|date=November 9, 2016|publisher=[[DNAinfo.com]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=March 16, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317144802/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois|archive-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_CALUMET_HEIGHTS.pdf Official City of Chicago Calumet Heights Community Map] *[http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Pill-Hill-Chicago-IL.html city-data.com info] *[http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/200.html Encyclopaedia Chicago: Calumet Heights] {{Community areas of Chicago}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Commun