With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Park City works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. There are 1,338 jobs in Park City, and 2,960 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Park City are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Park City at work: what stands out
The figures behind Park City’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Park City is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #524 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Park City’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Park City could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Park City workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,718 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Park City
On a workday 2,925 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 1,303 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Park City on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
13% of working residents work in Waukegan
Where Park City clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Park City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Park City, 2014 → 2024: 1,587 → 1,338. 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 Park City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Park City commutes less than 13 miles
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.
Most of Park City commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Park City is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #433 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 3,825 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 5.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 10.8% of Park City households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Park City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Park City is 1,902nd of 3,069 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,900 | Coxsackie NY | 8,079 | $88K | 12.7% | 3.9% | 14% | B− |
| 1,901 | Tate Township OH | 9,527 | $78K | 11.1% | 3.5% | 8% | B− |
| 1,902 | Park City IL | 7,893 | $60K | 9.6% | 7.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,903 | Beebe AR | 9,377 | $59K | 15.1% | 2.8% | 14% | B− |
| 1,904 | Crete NE | 7,747 | $77K | 11.6% | 4.4% | 26% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,069 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Park City, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work next door: 19% of Park City’s workers
The biggest share goes to Waukegan (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Park City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park City | – | B− | B | 25 min | $60,171 |
| Waukegan | 13% | C+ | A− | 26 min | $71,919 |
| Gurnee | 6% | A | B+ | 27 min | $119,628 |
| Waukegan Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Warren Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $104,155 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waukegan Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Park City’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 Park City: questions
What is the median household income in Park City?
$60,171 (±$14,949) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Park City?
9.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Park City?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Park City work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waukegan (13%, 2 mi), Chicago (10%, 37 mi), Gurnee (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Park City walkable?
Park City is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Park City without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Park City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Park City
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.