Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Tinley Park’s household incomes are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago. 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. The two grades for Tinley Park are A− 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
The commute and the jobs: Tinley Park in brief
Tinley Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Tinley Park draws workers from far and wide
The 18,101 jobs in Tinley Park are filled from a wide area. Tinley Park’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; the other 60% 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.
The figures behind Tinley Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tinley Park is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #240 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Tinley Park’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tinley Park could be anywhere from B+ to A.
How long Tinley Park spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tinley Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23,803 commuters (the 12% 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.
21% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Tinley Park clocks in
21% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
How many people are in Tinley Park by day
On a workday 23,160 residents head out to work, 2,193 work right here, and 15,908 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48,000 people are in Tinley Park on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 18,101 jobs based in Tinley Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tinley Park, 2013 → 2023: 18,258 → 18,101. 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 Tinley Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Tinley Park commutes
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.
Tinley Park is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tinley Park is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #151 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Tinley Park near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 27,154 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 33% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 3.2% of Tinley Park households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Tinley Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Tinley Park ranks: 254th of 776 U.S. towns of 39,000 to 74,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | New Lenox Township IL | 45,290 | $133K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 15 | Oswego IL | 39,948 | $124K | 2.6% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 252 | Oviedo FL | 41,317 | $117K | 5.3% | 5.3% | 6% | A− |
| 253 | Cibolo TX | 39,019 | $122K | 4.1% | 6.8% | 3% | A− |
| 254 | Tinley Park IL | 55,140 | $105K | 5.0% | 6.0% | 9% | A− |
| 255 | West Bloomfield Township MI | 66,049 | $125K | 6.7% | 5.6% | 6% | A− |
| 256 | Tigard OR | 57,929 | $109K | 6.7% | 4.7% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 776 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Tinley Park, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Tinley Park: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Orland Park (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tinley Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinley Park | – | A− | A | 34 min | $105,189 |
| Orland Park | 5% | A− | A | 34 min | $98,910 |
| Mokena | 2% | A | A− | 31 min | $123,889 |
| Frankfort | 2% | A | A− | 35 min | $154,375 |
| Frankfort Square | under 2% | A− | B− | 28 min | $126,897 |
| Bremen Township | under 2% | B− | A | 32 min | $78,755 |
| Rich Township | under 2% | B− | A | 33 min | $83,848 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tinley 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 Tinley Park: questions
What is the median household income in Tinley Park?
$105,189 (±$5,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tinley Park?
5.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tinley Park?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tinley Park work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (21%, 20 mi), Orland Park (5%, 4 mi), Mokena (2%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tinley Park walkable?
Tinley Park is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tinley Park without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tinley Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tinley 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.