Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Tinley Park grades A− overall, 210th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. Residents are healthier than 90% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household earns $105K and its schools rank ahead of 76% of Illinois towns. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $335K for a typical one and 3.7 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Tinley Park is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns. Tinley Park’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Karl Vogt Building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Tinley Park beats most towns.
Where Tinley Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Tinley Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 300 in 1900, 55,971 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2002 and 8 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tinley Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw19 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw23 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tinley Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Tinley Park.
Tinley Park costs less than Orland Park or any other town next door, but it reports more crime than Orland Park and its other graded neighbors.
13 miles of trail in 36 parks and preserves. Tinley Park’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile. Centennial Park, at 55 acres with 1.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Tinley Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Centennial Park | 1.5 mi | 55 |
| 2. Pottawattomie Park | 0.5 mi | 8 |
| 3. Volunteer Park | 0.4 mi | 32 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
29% of Tinley Park adults have obesity. Tinley Park beats the Illinois average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of Tinley Park adults binge drink.
| Tinley Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Tinley Park | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.5% | 7.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Tinley Park for work: only 9% work in town. 5% of residents live below the poverty line in Tinley Park. The top destinations are Chicago (21%), Orland Park (5%) and Mokena (2%).
| Tinley Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $105,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 12% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tinley Park has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Orland Park is next at $411K.
The median rent in Tinley Park is $1,495 a month. Typical home values rose 5% in the year to September 2026.
| Tinley Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,495 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Tinley Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.2 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.3 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 46.0, men 40.7.
| Tinley Park | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.4% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Tinley Park is safe by national standards, yet each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Orland Park (B+) to Frankfort (A−). At 15.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 56% of Illinois’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 37 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tinley Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
12 within 15 miles of the center of Tinley Park
About 5 of every 100 Tinley Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
6 notable people were born in Tinley Park.
Village in Illinois, United States
Tinley Park is a village in Cook and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 55,971 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 54,856 in 2024. It is a southern suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
6 towns share a border with Tinley Park.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinley Park | #210 | A− | C− | B | A− | A |
| Orland Park | #168 | A | D | B+ | A− | A |
| Mokena | #69 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
| Frankfort | #65 | A | D | A− | A+ | A |
| Frankfort Square | #255 | A− | C | — | A | A− |
| Bremen Township | #534 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B |
| Rich Township | #601 | C | C | — | C− | B |
Frankfort Square, Bremen Township and Rich Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Tinley Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Tinley Park grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #210 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health, B for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
6 notable people were born here, including Tony Bettenhausen and Emil Andres.
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