With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Pistakee Highlands works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. Employers in Pistakee Highlands report 31 jobs for 1,605 working residents. Pistakee Highlands grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Pistakee Highlands in brief
Pistakee Highlands is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Pistakee Highlands, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pistakee Highlands has about 1,800 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pistakee Highlands’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pistakee Highlands is Chicago, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (139) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pistakee Highlands workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Pistakee Highlands’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pistakee Highlands is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #174 of 768 in Illinois. Household income is its strongest input ($102,986, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pistakee Highlands could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Pistakee Highlands
On a workday 1,592 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Pistakee Highlands on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Pistakee Highlands
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.
Pistakee Highlands’ commute takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pistakee Highlands workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,728 commuters (the 13% 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.
9% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Pistakee Highlands clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 52% of jobs based in Pistakee Highlands
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pistakee Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 31. 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 Pistakee Highlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Pistakee Highlands, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pistakee Highlands is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #588 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,984 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, 60% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 1.9% of Pistakee Highlands households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pistakee Highlands’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Pistakee Highlands ranks: 571st of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 569 | Wallace FL | 4,202 | $116K | 5.7% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 570 | Dover Township OH | 2,819 | $95K | 3.2% | 3.5% | <1% | A |
| 571 | Pistakee Highlands IL | 3,374 | $103K | 7.5% | 2.6% | 1% | A |
| 572 | Mackinaw Township IL | 4,231 | $103K | 6.9% | 1.2% | 12% | A |
| 573 | St. Albans Township OH | 2,623 | $91K | 8.6% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Pistakee Highlands, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Pistakee Highlands compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Johnsburg (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pistakee Highlands workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistakee Highlands | – | A | C+ | 36 min | $102,986 |
| Johnsburg | 6% | A− | B− | 28 min | $121,023 |
| Spring Grove | 2% | A− | C+ | 34 min | $134,210 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pistakee Highlands’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 Pistakee Highlands: questions
What is the median household income in Pistakee Highlands?
$102,986 (±$18,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pistakee Highlands?
7.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pistakee Highlands?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pistakee Highlands work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (9%, 47 mi), McHenry (7%, 6 mi), Johnsburg (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pistakee Highlands walkable?
Pistakee Highlands is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pistakee Highlands without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 60% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pistakee Highlands, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pistakee Highlands
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.