Tinley Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 48,327 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Tinley Park is the 31st largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tinley Park is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tinley Park is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tinley Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.65%), sales jobs (12.51%), and management occupations (10.29%).

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.

One downside of living in Tinley Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tinley Park, the average commute to work is 33.18 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Tinley Park Information and Demographics

The education level of Tinley Park citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 24.79% of adults in Tinley Park have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Tinley Park in 2000 was $25,207, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,828 for a family of four. However, Tinley Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Tinley Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Tinley Park is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tinley Park include Irish, Polish, German, Italian, Dutch, and English.

The most common language spoken in Tinley Park is English. Some people also speak Spanish.