Stickney has lower household incomes than 63% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. 12.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.8% across Illinois. The two grades for Stickney are B for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Stickney stands out on work
Stickney and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Stickney residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Stickney come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
55% of the jobs in Stickney are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Stickney pay better than its residents’ jobs
73% of the jobs based in Stickney pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 57% of the jobs Stickney residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Stickney. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Stickney
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stickney is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #464 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Stickney’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,942, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stickney could be anywhere from C to A.
29% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Stickney clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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.
73% of the jobs in Stickney pay over $3,333 a month
2,486 jobs are based in Stickney.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stickney, 2013 → 2023: 2,191 → 2,486. 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 Stickney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Stickney
On a workday 2,892 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 2,419 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 (0.84 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.
Getting to work from Stickney takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stickney workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,758 commuters (the 14% 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.
How far Stickney’s workers travel
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Stickney
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stickney is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #99 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.2% 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 3,194 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, 49% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 9.4% of Stickney households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Stickney’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Stickney is 1,656th among 3,229 U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,654 | Old Forge PA | 8,640 | $72K | 7.4% | 5.5% | 11% | B |
| 1,655 | Stonelick Township OH | 6,067 | $71K | 15.4% | 2.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,656 | Stickney IL | 6,897 | $67K | 12.3% | 4.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,657 | Wellington OH | 4,802 | $62K | 11.6% | 2.1% | 15% | B |
| 1,658 | Richland Township IN | 5,232 | $64K | 3.0% | 5.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Stickney, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work next door: 34% of Stickney’s workers
The biggest share goes to Chicago (29%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stickney workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stickney | – | B | A | 26 min | $66,942 |
| Stickney Township | under 2% | B | A | 30 min | $78,454 |
| Chicago | 29% | B− | A+ | 33 min | $77,902 |
| Forest View | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Cicero | 5% | B− | A+ | 29 min | $70,842 |
Same-state neighbors only. Forest View: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stickney’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 Stickney: questions
What is the median household income in Stickney?
$66,942 (±$9,212) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stickney?
12.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stickney?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stickney work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (29%, 5 mi), Cicero (5%, 2 mi), Berwyn (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stickney walkable?
Stickney is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stickney without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 49% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stickney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stickney
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.