Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Schiller Park (3.4%) than in 63% of U.S. towns
Schiller Park grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Schiller Park in brief
Schiller Park and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Schiller Park residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Schiller Park come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Schiller Park’s 25-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 29 to 33 minutes. Next door ↓
Schiller Park draws workers from far and wide
The 6,291 jobs in Schiller Park are filled from a wide area. Schiller Park’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 38%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Where Schiller Park’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Schiller Park is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #171 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Schiller Park’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($69,696, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schiller Park could be anywhere from B to A+.
28% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Schiller Park clocks in
28% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
In and out of Schiller Park on a workday
On a workday 4,816 residents head out to work, 304 work right here, and 5,987 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Schiller Park on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The 6,291 jobs based in Schiller Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schiller Park, 2013 → 2023: 6,921 → 6,291. 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 Schiller Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Schiller Park: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schiller Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,796 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Schiller Park
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.
Schiller Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schiller Park is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #164 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% 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 6,078 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, 88% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 5.6% of Schiller Park households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Schiller Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Schiller Park places 574th of 2,507 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 572 | Newmarket NH | 9,647 | $101K | 4.6% | 1.0% | 6% | A |
| 573 | Lower Saucon Township PA | 11,134 | $125K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 4% | A |
| 574 | Schiller Park IL | 11,317 | $70K | 2.5% | 3.4% | 6% | A |
| 575 | Dighton MA | 8,348 | $137K | 2.9% | 5.3% | 6% | A |
| 576 | Lake Villa IL | 8,692 | $119K | 3.2% | 4.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Schiller Park, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns next door employ 31% of Schiller Park
The biggest share goes to Chicago (28%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schiller Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schiller Park | – | A | A | 25 min | $69,696 |
| Leyden Township | under 2% | B+ | A | 29 min | $79,935 |
| Chicago | 28% | B− | A+ | 33 min | $77,902 |
| Franklin Park | 3% | B | A | 29 min | $76,519 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Schiller 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 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 Schiller Park: questions
What is the median household income in Schiller Park?
$69,696 (±$23,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schiller Park?
2.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schiller Park?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schiller Park work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (28%, 13 mi), Elk Grove Village (3%, 7 mi), Rosemont (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Schiller Park walkable?
Schiller Park is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schiller Park without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 88% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schiller Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schiller Park
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.