Work & commute · Tinley Park

Work & commute in Tinley Park, IL

Most working residents leave Tinley Park for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (21%), Orland Park (5%) and Mokena (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,193 of 25,353 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,160 Tinley Park residents head out of town to work, 2,193 work right here, and 15,908 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tinley Park.

23,160live here, work elsewhere

2,193live and work here

15,908work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tinley Park goes to work

Chicago19.5 mi away

21%5,314

Tinley Park (in town)right here

9%2,193

Orland Park3.9 mi away

5%1,245

Mokena4.6 mi away

2%618

Oak Lawn10.4 mi away

2%518

Frankfort5.5 mi away

2%422

Joliet18.1 mi away

2%402

Downers Grove19.2 mi away

2%397

New Lenox9.5 mi away

1%345

Oak Forest3.7 mi away

1%323

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%13,576

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

How far

How far Tinley Park commutes

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

35%

44%

16%

35%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tinley Park is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tinley Park are

18,101 jobs are based in Tinley Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tinley Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tinley Park

18,101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Tinley Park residents hold

25,353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−1%

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.

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.