Tinley Park is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 54,856 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Tinley Park is the 25th largest community in Illinois.Unlike some villages, Tinley Park isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Tinley Park are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tinley Park is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tinley Park who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), management occupations (11.34%), and sales jobs (10.80%). Also of interest is that Tinley Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.65% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Tinley Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.94 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Tinley Park use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Tinley Park‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.The citizens of Tinley Park are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.40% of adults in Tinley Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Tinley Park in 2022 was $51,584, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $206,336 for a family of four. Tinley Park is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Tinley Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tinley Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tinley Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.56% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tinley Park include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Tinley Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
