Fewer people are out of work in Crystal Lawns (0.9%) than in 95% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. Crystal Lawns grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Crystal Lawns
Crystal Lawns is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Crystal Lawns, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crystal Lawns has about 890 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Crystal Lawns and Joliet trade workers both ways
Joliet is the top workplace for Crystal Lawns residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Crystal Lawns come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Crystal Lawns workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 958 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Crystal Lawns’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crystal Lawns is better than 90% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($82,033, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crystal Lawns could be anywhere from B− to A+.
How many people are in Crystal Lawns by day
On a workday 958 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Crystal Lawns on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Joliet
Where Crystal Lawns clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Crystal Lawns: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Lawns workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,064 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A place that makes things: 44% of Crystal Lawns’ jobs are in goods
78 jobs are based in Crystal Lawns.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Lawns, 2014 → 2024: 141 → 78. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crystal Lawns’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Crystal Lawns
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Crystal Lawns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crystal Lawns is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Crystal Lawns near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,072 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Crystal Lawns households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Crystal Lawns’ commuters take a bus or train.
Crystal Lawns next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400: 336th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 334 | Wakarusa Township KS | 2,173 | $99K | 3.7% | 2.2% | 2% | A |
| 335 | Benton Township OH | 2,358 | $116K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 336 | Crystal Lawns IL | 1,766 | $82K | 7.0% | 0.9% | 0% | A |
| 337 | Holiday Valley OH | 1,660 | $92K | 3.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 338 | Gilbert IA | 1,389 | $123K | 3.4% | 4.1% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Crystal Lawns, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Crystal Lawns’ workers
The biggest share goes to Joliet (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal Lawns workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lawns | – | A | A | 28 min | $82,033 |
| Joliet | 15% | B | B+ | 29 min | $92,201 |
| Crest Hill | 2% | B− | B+ | 28 min | $73,033 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crystal Lawns’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Crystal Lawns: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Lawns?
$82,033 (±$30,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Lawns?
7.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Lawns?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal Lawns work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joliet (15%, 4 mi), Chicago (11%, 31 mi), Plainfield (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Crystal Lawns walkable?
Crystal Lawns is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crystal Lawns without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal Lawns, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal Lawns
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.