Best PlacesTinley Park, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tinley Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tinley Park ranks 987th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tinley Park
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Tinley Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tinley Park ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of cities
Where Tinley Park ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- Short commute33.5 minutes each way, better than only 10% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Tinley Park
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tinley Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $114,242, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Tinley Park's effective rate of 2.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tinley Park
Tinley Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tinley Park.
Who works in Tinley Park, and how
Work in Tinley Park centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tinley Park
Tinley Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tinley Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tinley Park, month by month
Tinley Park sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Tinley Park
Chicago Midway International sits about 15 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tinley Park
Schools across Tinley Park average a C, better than 27% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Millennium Elem SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Christa Mcauliffe SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Dr Julian Rogus SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Prairie View Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Summit Hill Junior High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln-way East High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Carl Sandburg High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Victor J Andrew High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tinley Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tinley Park measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Tinley Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Tinley Park suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 79% of cities and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Tinley Park
Is Tinley Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tinley Park ranks 987th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, cell coverage, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tinley Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,235. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $114,242 median income, cost of living beats 79% of cities.
Is Tinley Park safe?
Tinley Park is safer than 48% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $243 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tinley Park?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 20. That works out to about 76 pleasant days a year, more than 39% of cities.
Is Tinley Park good for families?
Schools beat 27% of cities, crime safety beats 48%, and childcare runs $1,133 a month.
Compare Tinley Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tinley Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tinley Park represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Tinley Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tinley Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tinley Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tinley Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tinley Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tinley Park detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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