Work & commute · Alsip

Work & commute in Alsip, IL

Most working residents leave Alsip for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (33%), Oak Lawn (4%) and Orland Park (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

494 of 8,213 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,719 Alsip residents head out of town to work, 494 work right here, and 12,660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alsip.

7,719live here, work elsewhere

494live and work here

12,660work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alsip goes to work

Chicago11.8 mi away

33%2,714

Alsip (in town)right here

6%494

Oak Lawn3.1 mi away

4%315

Orland Park7.6 mi away

2%166

Crestwood1.7 mi away

2%144

Bedford Park7 mi away

2%125

Downers Grove17 mi away

2%125

Palos Heights3.1 mi away

1%122

Tinley Park7.8 mi away

1%109

Blue Island3 mi away

1%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,812

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

How far

How far Alsip commutes

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

38%

47%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alsip is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alsip are

13,154 jobs are based in Alsip. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alsip’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alsip

13,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Alsip residents hold

8,213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−5%

Jobs based in Alsip, 2013 → 2023: 13,897 → 13,154. 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.