139 Regions like the Calumet area have housing costs which moderate income families can afford, but the areas of high job growth are not nearby. None of the Chicago region's six major employment centers are nearby. 140 Latinos in the area have the lowest rate of educational attainment for adults over 25 years of age. In 1990, residents of this area were more likely to be employed as clerical and administrative support, or in service, technical and transportation-related occupations than for the overall population of Chicago. The largest share of employment for Latino and African-American men in 1990 was as machine operators, fabricators, or laborers.
White residents seem, on average, to have better jobs.
White women are more likely to be employed in the professional specialty occupations such as technical and sales, while African-American and Latina women are more likely to occupy clerical and service occupations. While White males are more likely to be in managerial, professional and technical occupations, African-American males are found in these occupations, but also in large proportion in service occupations, along with machine and motor vehicle operations. 143 Increasing local hiring is one way to enhance opportunity for residents in the Calumet region. Twenty-eight percent live outside of Chicago. 145 Local residents aren't in the networks of workers from other communities .