La Grange Park has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 2,413 jobs in La Grange Park for 6,447 working residents. For jobs and income La Grange Park is better than 95% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (A+). Measured by household income, La Grange Park is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in La Grange Park, in brief
La Grange Park and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for La Grange Park residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in La Grange Park come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside La Grange Park
72% of La Grange Park residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 53% of the jobs based in La Grange Park pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in La Grange Park
24% of La Grange Park workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. 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.
Where La Grange Park’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car is its strongest input (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, La Grange Park could be anywhere from A to A+.
32% of working residents work in Chicago
Where La Grange Park clocks in
32% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in La Grange Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Grange Park, 2014 → 2024: 2,627 → 2,413. 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 La Grange Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from La Grange Park: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Grange Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,092 commuters (the 24% 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.
The daily flow of workers through La Grange Park
On a workday 6,153 residents head out to work, 294 work right here, and 2,119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in La Grange Park on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where in the region La Grange Park works
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.
La Grange Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,668 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 31% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 8.4% of La Grange Park households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of La Grange Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000, La Grange Park comes 212th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
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| 24 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 38 | La Grange IL | 15,935 | $160K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 40 | Riverside Township IL | 16,083 | $122K | 4.5% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 210 | Middleton MA | 9,895 | $167K | 3.4% | 3.8% | 9% | A |
| 211 | Cascades VA | 12,357 | $167K | 2.9% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| 212 | La Grange Park IL | 13,453 | $120K | 4.9% | 3.3% | 5% | A |
| 213 | Hamburg NY | 9,840 | $112K | 3.0% | 2.6% | 8% | A |
| 214 | Lakeland TN | 14,422 | $116K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 La Grange Park, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around La Grange Park
The biggest share goes to La Grange (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Grange Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange Park | – | A | A+ | 29 min | $120,408 |
| La Grange | 3% | A+ | A+ | 29 min | $159,929 |
| Proviso Township | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 29 min | $82,097 |
| Lyons Township | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 30 min | $92,619 |
| Brookfield | under 2% | A | A+ | 33 min | $110,295 |
| Broadview | under 2% | B− | A | 26 min | $64,697 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of La Grange 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 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 La Grange Park: questions
What is the median household income in La Grange Park?
$120,408 (±$7,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Grange Park?
4.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Grange Park?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Grange Park work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (32%, 10 mi), La Grange (3%, 2 mi), Downers Grove (2%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is La Grange Park walkable?
La Grange Park is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Grange Park without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 31% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Grange Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Grange Park
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.