With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Ingalls Park works elsewhere
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago. There are 45 jobs in Ingalls Park for 1,503 working residents. The two grades for Ingalls Park are C for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ingalls Park, in a few figures
Ingalls Park is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Ingalls Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ingalls Park has about 1,600 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ingalls Park and Joliet trade workers both ways
Joliet is the top workplace for Ingalls Park residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Ingalls Park come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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: Ingalls Park’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ingalls Park is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #632 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Ingalls Park’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ingalls Park could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Ingalls Park
On a workday 1,494 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Ingalls Park on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Joliet
Where Ingalls Park clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Ingalls Park works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ingalls Park, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 45. 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 Ingalls Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Ingalls Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ingalls Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,379 commuters (the 10% 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.
Ingalls Park’s commute, mile by mile
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.
In Ingalls Park, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ingalls Park is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #158 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Ingalls Park 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 1,528 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 3.7% of Ingalls Park households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Ingalls Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ingalls Park next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100: 3,297th of 4,771 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,295 | Hayes Township MI | 2,839 | $78K | 8.6% | 6.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,296 | Bloom Township OH | 2,620 | $58K | 13.9% | 2.4% | 4% | C |
| 3,297 | Ingalls Park IL | 3,015 | $58K | 21.9% | 6.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,298 | Pearl River LA | 2,715 | $57K | 17.9% | 4.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,299 | Catskill NY | 3,697 | $79K | 11.2% | 10.7% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ingalls Park, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door is work for 22% of Ingalls Park
The biggest share goes to Joliet (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ingalls Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingalls Park | – | C | A | 26 min | $57,917 |
| Joliet | 16% | B | B+ | 29 min | $92,201 |
| New Lenox | 6% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $140,865 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ingalls 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 Ingalls Park: questions
What is the median household income in Ingalls Park?
$57,917 (±$8,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ingalls Park?
21.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ingalls Park?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ingalls Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joliet (16%, 6 mi), Chicago (11%, 28 mi), New Lenox (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ingalls Park walkable?
Ingalls Park is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ingalls Park without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ingalls Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ingalls 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.