Photo: Jack Ryan Morris · Public domainOrland Park’s household incomes are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago. Poverty touches 7.3% of residents, against 11.8% across Illinois. Jobs and income earn Orland Park A−; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Orland Park apart
Orland Park trades workers with the towns around it
Orland Park has about as many jobs (22,004) as working residents (25,699), but they are mostly different people: 23,336 residents leave for work each day while 19,641 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Orland Park are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Orland Park and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Orland Park residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Orland Park come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Orland Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Orland Park draws workers from far and wide
The 22,004 jobs in Orland Park are filled from a wide area. Orland Park’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 30%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Orland Park
66% of Orland Park residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Orland Park pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Orland Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Orland Park is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #257 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Orland Park’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, 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, Orland Park could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 23,336 residents head out to work, 2,363 work right here, and 19,641 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Orland Park clocks in
22% 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.
Time on the road from Orland Park: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orland Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,501 commuters (the 17% 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.
What Orland Park’s employers do
22,004 jobs are based in Orland Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orland Park, 2014 → 2024: 23,004 → 22,004. 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 Orland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Orland Park
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.
Orland Park is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orland Park is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #143 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Orland 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 27,090 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, 2% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 4.4% of Orland Park households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Orland Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 41,000 to 78,000, Orland Park ranks 255th of 738 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 11 | New Lenox Township IL | 45,290 | $133K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | New Trier Township IL | 56,118 | $216K | 2.9% | 4.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Vernon Township IL | 71,353 | $146K | 6.3% | 2.4% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 253 | Placentia CA | 54,911 | $116K | 7.9% | 5.5% | 6% | A− |
| 254 | Walnut Creek CA | 70,012 | $130K | 6.4% | 6.0% | 12% | A− |
| 255 | Orland Park IL | 57,954 | $99K | 7.3% | 4.8% | 9% | A− |
| 256 | Indian Trail NC | 44,303 | $108K | 5.4% | 5.3% | 7% | A− |
| 257 | Blue Springs MO | 61,632 | $89K | 7.0% | 3.5% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 738 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Orland Park, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Orland Park and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Tinley Park (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orland Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orland Park | – | A− | A | 34 min | $98,910 |
| Orland Hills | under 2% | A− | A | 31 min | $122,039 |
| Tinley Park | 3% | A− | A | 34 min | $105,189 |
| Oak Forest | under 2% | A− | A | 32 min | $91,990 |
| Palos Park | under 2% | A− | B+ | 30 min | $121,696 |
| Orland Township | under 2% | A− | A | 34 min | $104,383 |
| Homer Glen | under 2% | A | B− | 36 min | $136,678 |
| Homer Township | under 2% | A | B− | 36 min | $135,645 |
| Frankfort Township | under 2% | A | A− | 32 min | $134,769 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orland 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 Orland Park: questions
What is the median household income in Orland Park?
$98,910 (±$4,566) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orland Park?
7.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orland Park?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orland Park work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (22%, 18 mi), Tinley Park (3%, 4 mi), Oak Lawn (2%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Orland Park walkable?
Orland Park is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orland Park without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orland Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orland 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.