Work & commute · Bremen

Work & commute in Bremen, IL

Most working residents leave Bremen for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (25%), Tinley Park (4%) and Orland Park (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4,283 of 46,668 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 42,385 Bremen residents head out of town to work, 4,283 work right here, and 24,957 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bremen.

42,385live here, work elsewhere

4,283live and work here

24,957work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bremen goes to work

Chicago16.5 mi away

25%11,581

Tinley Park4.2 mi away

4%1,809

Orland Park6.4 mi away

3%1,436

Oak Forest1 mi away

2%1,101

Crestwood3.1 mi away

2%869

Alsip4.7 mi away

2%817

Oak Lawn7.8 mi away

2%816

Joliet22.1 mi away

1%639

Mokena8.9 mi away

1%590

Downers Grove19.9 mi away

1%564

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%26,446

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

How far

How far Bremen commutes

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

36%

43%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bremen is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bremen are

29,240 jobs are based in Bremen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bremen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bremen

29,240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Bremen residents hold

46,668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+10%

Jobs based in Bremen, 2013 → 2023: 26,500 → 29,240. 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.