Work & commute · Palos Park

Work & commute in Palos Park, IL

Most working residents leave Palos Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (25%), Palos Heights (4%) and Orland Park (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 2,057 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,019 Palos Park residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 1,269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palos Park.

2,019live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

1,269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palos Park goes to work

Chicago14 mi away

25%519

Palos Heights1.7 mi away

4%82

Orland Park4.3 mi away

4%75

Oak Lawn5.2 mi away

3%59

Downers Grove13.3 mi away

2%42

Naperville18.1 mi away

2%40

Palos Park (in town)right here

2%38

Palos Hills2.4 mi away

2%36

Alsip4.8 mi away

1%30

Oak Brook13.4 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,107

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Palos Park commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

50%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palos Park is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Palos Park are

1,307 jobs are based in Palos Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palos Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palos Park

1,307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Palos Park residents hold

2,057 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+23%

Jobs based in Palos Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,063 → 1,307. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.