Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer people are out of work in Diamond (0.4%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Diamond grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. Measured by household income, Diamond is behind 53% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Diamond: the gist
Diamond’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Diamond is Chicago, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (132) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Diamond is a place people come home to
There are 261 jobs based in Diamond, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Diamond has about 1,600 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Diamond workers work from home
Only 3% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Diamond’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Diamond is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #330 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Diamond’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (10.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Diamond could be anywhere from B− to A.
How far Diamond goes to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How a workday changes Diamond
On a workday 1,342 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Diamond on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.19 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 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Diamond: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diamond workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,373 commuters (the 3% 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.
10% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Diamond clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
What work there is in Diamond: 261 jobs
261 jobs are based in Diamond.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diamond, 2013 → 2023: 231 → 261. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Diamond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Diamond commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Diamond is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #676 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,415 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Diamond households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Diamond’s commuters take a bus or train.
Diamond next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700: 1,200th of 4,969 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,198 | Alden WI | 3,019 | $95K | 2.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,199 | Grand Point LA | 2,341 | $89K | 5.1% | 4.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,200 | Diamond IL | 2,714 | $73K | 10.5% | 0.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,201 | Lake Crystal MN | 2,470 | $83K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,202 | Bingham Township MI | 2,660 | $94K | 2.2% | 3.5% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Diamond, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work next door: 10% of Diamond’s workers
The biggest share goes to Coal City (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Diamond’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 2023, 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 Diamond: questions
What is the median household income in Diamond?
$73,201 (±$17,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diamond?
10.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diamond?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diamond work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 48 mi), Coal City (9%, 1 mi), Joliet (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Diamond walkable?
Diamond is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Diamond without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Diamond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diamond
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.