Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Work means Chicago for about two in five of Evergreen Park’s working residents
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 9.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. For jobs and income Evergreen Park is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (A+). Household incomes here are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Evergreen Park apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Evergreen Park
66% of Evergreen Park residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Evergreen Park pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Evergreen Park
Job access by car holds Evergreen Park’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Evergreen Park could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The places Evergreen Park commutes to
Where Evergreen Park clocks in
43% of workers
3% of workers
1% 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 kinds of work in Evergreen Park
6,980 jobs are based in Evergreen Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evergreen Park, 2013 → 2023: 6,897 → 6,980. 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 Evergreen Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Evergreen Park by day
On a workday 8,726 residents head out to work, 607 work right here, and 6,373 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Evergreen Park on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Evergreen Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evergreen Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,940 commuters (the 15% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Evergreen Park
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Evergreen Park
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,353 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 48% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 3.2% of Evergreen Park households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Evergreen Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 26,000, Evergreen Park ranks 631st of 2,023 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 8 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 629 | Brandon Township MI | 15,541 | $94K | 6.6% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| 630 | Ewa Beach HI | 14,376 | $124K | 4.9% | 4.4% | <1% | A− |
| 631 | Evergreen Park IL | 19,283 | $96K | 4.0% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| 632 | South Hadley MA | 17,768 | $94K | 7.5% | 2.8% | 13% | A− |
| 633 | Morton IL | 17,565 | $94K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,023 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Evergreen Park, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 43% of Evergreen Park’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evergreen Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Park | – | A− | A+ | 32 min | $95,719 |
| Worth Township | under 1% | B | A | 30 min | $77,966 |
| Chicago | 43% | B− | A+ | 33 min | $77,902 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chicago. Darker towns draw more of Evergreen Park’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 Evergreen Park: questions
What is the median household income in Evergreen Park?
$95,719 (±$9,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evergreen Park?
4.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evergreen Park?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evergreen Park work?
7% work in town.
Is Evergreen Park walkable?
Evergreen Park is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evergreen Park without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 48% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evergreen Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evergreen Park
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.