Chi Pallets

Cook County, Illinois

Calumet Park

CountyCook County
Freight groupingAlsip and Blue Island
ZIP codes60827
Data as ofCMAP 2026 release
Map of Calumet Park with bordering towns and rail rampsBlue IslandBlue IslandDolton (Yard Center)DoltonCalumetCalumet1 miN
Calumet Park (filled) with the towns around it, county lines (dashed) and intermodal rail ramps (squares). Boundaries: Census 2023. Ramps: BTS NTAD.

Calumet Park sits in Cook County, in the Alsip and Blue Island freight grouping on this site. Industrial land is a small share here: 56 acres, 7.5% of the town, in CMAP's 2023 inventory. It is mostly residential, with 799 jobs located here in 2023 (LEHD) for 7,025 residents in 2020. An intermodal rail ramp, Blue Island, is 0.9 mi away in a straight line.

56
Industrial acres, 7.5% of land (2023) [1]
799
Jobs located here (LEHD 2023) [1]
7,025
Residents, 2020 Census [1]
6,777
Residents, July 2024 estimate [2]
0.9 mi
To Blue Island rail ramp [4]

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With 56 industrial acres, pallets in Calumet Park are more likely to come from shops, contractors and small distributors. Small piles rarely pay for a truck on their own, so grouping with a neighbour or waiting until you have more usually works better.

Industrial property here carried $9.1 million of equalized assessed value in 2024 (Illinois Department of Revenue).

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Calumet Park at a glance
Industrial land (CMAP 2023)56 acres (7.5%)
Transport, utility and right-of-way land (CMAP 2023)261 acres
Total area (CMAP 2023)738 acres
Jobs located here (LEHD 2023)799
Industrial EAV (IDOR 2024)$9.1 million
Residents (2020 Census)7,025
Residents (July 2024 estimate)6,777
Land area (Census Gazetteer)1.12 sq mi
Rail ramp: Blue Island0.9 mi
Rail ramp: Dolton (Yard Center)3.7 mi

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Sources

  1. CMAP Community Data Snapshots 2026. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Population from the 2020 Census (P.L. 94-171); jobs located in the place from LEHD 2023 (primary jobs); private-sector jobs from IDES Where Workers Work 2025; land use from the CMAP 2023 Land Use Inventory; industrial equalized assessed value from the Illinois Department of Revenue, 2024.
  2. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates. Subcounty resident population estimates, July 1, 2024 (file sub-est2024.csv).
  3. Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA relationship files. ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county land overlaps. A ZIP is listed for a town when at least 20% of the ZIP's land, or 10% of the town's land, overlaps.
  4. BTS National Transportation Atlas Database: Intermodal Freight Facilities, Rail TOFC/COFC. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, compiled 2018 and updated July 2022. Distances are straight-line miles from the place's internal point to the facility point.
  5. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023. 1:500,000 county and place boundaries, simplified for the maps. Bordering towns are those whose boundaries come within about 0.1 mile of each other.
  6. Natural Earth 1:10m lakes. Lake Michigan outline for the maps. Public domain.

Last reviewed 2026-10-27. Not legal advice and not a price quote. See how the figures are built.