Photo: Jonoloier · Public domainPingree Grove has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Pingree Grove report 749 jobs, against 6,002 working residents. For jobs and income Pingree Grove is better than 94% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+). Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pingree Grove at work: what stands out
Pingree Grove has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pingree Grove went from 388 in 2013 to 749 in 2023, +93%. The jobs ↓
Pingree Grove makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Pingree Grove are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pingree Grove residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Pingree Grove’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pingree Grove is Chicago, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (778) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pingree Grove is a place people come home to
There are 749 jobs based in Pingree Grove, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pingree Grove has about 7,300 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Pingree Grove’s grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pingree Grove could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Goods, not services: 56% of the jobs in Pingree Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pingree Grove, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 749. 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 Pingree Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Pingree Grove works
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.
How many people are in Pingree Grove by day
On a workday 5,924 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 671 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Pingree Grove on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
13% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Pingree Grove clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
About 32 minutes to work from Pingree Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pingree Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,733 commuters (the 11% 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.
For most of Pingree Grove, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,302 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.5% of Pingree Grove households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Pingree Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pingree Grove places 249th of 2,354 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | 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% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | La Grange IL | 15,935 | $160K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Riverside Township IL | 16,083 | $122K | 4.5% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 247 | Upper Southampton Township PA | 15,067 | $105K | 4.4% | 3.1% | 7% | A |
| 248 | The Pinery CO | 11,871 | $194K | 1.0% | 3.0% | 2% | A |
| 249 | Pingree Grove IL | 12,545 | $114K | 1.2% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 250 | Franklin Park PA | 14,978 | $177K | 0.7% | 4.5% | 3% | A |
| 251 | Pelham NY | 13,239 | $211K | 2.7% | 5.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Pingree Grove, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door is work for 11% of Pingree Grove
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pingree Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pingree Grove | – | A | C+ | 32 min | $114,294 |
| Elgin | 11% | B | A | 28 min | $90,282 |
| Hampshire | under 2% | A− | B− | 28 min | $94,773 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Elgin. Darker towns draw more of Pingree Grove’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 Pingree Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Pingree Grove?
$114,294 (±$19,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pingree Grove?
1.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pingree Grove?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pingree Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (13%, 42 mi), Elgin (11%, 6 mi), Schaumburg (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pingree Grove walkable?
Pingree Grove is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pingree Grove without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pingree Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pingree Grove
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.