Calumet Heights, located on the South Side of the city, is one of the 77 well defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois.

In 1870, the Calumet and Chicago Canal Dock Company purchased the Stony Island Ridge.

[2] A railroad was built in 1881 along the western border of Calumet Heights leading to the development of the neighborhood.

In the 1960s, the first African American families moved to Calumet Heights and received a hostile reception.

Unlike other communities that underwent white flight during this period, Calumet Heights maintained much of its wealth.

This includes a greater percentage of Calumet Heights residents making $75,000 to $149,999 than Chicago at-large.

[1] An analysis by the University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Cities Institute estimates there are 2,327 jobs in the Calumet Heights community area.

[2] Beginning at about 91st Street and Constance Avenue is the geographical feature for which it was named, a stony hill that was once an island when glacial Lake Chicago covered the area thousands of years ago.

[15] At the local level, Calumet Heights is located in Chicago's 7th, 8th, and 10th represented by Democrats Gregory Mitchell, Michelle A. Harris, and Susie Sadlowski Garza respectively.