Work & commute · Calumet Park

Work & commute in Calumet Park, IL

Most working residents leave Calumet Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (42%), Oak Lawn (2%) and Alsip (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 2,958 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 2,911 Calumet Park residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calumet Park.

2,911live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

752work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calumet Park goes to work

Chicago11.9 mi away

42%1,243

Oak Lawn5.9 mi away

2%58

Alsip4.1 mi away

2%51

Blue Island1.3 mi away

2%49

Calumet Park (in town)right here

2%47

Matteson11.8 mi away

1%37

Orland Park11.1 mi away

1%36

Downers Grove20.8 mi away

1%35

Crestwood4.5 mi away

1%34

South Holland5.5 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,336

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

How far

How far Calumet Park commutes

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

32%

49%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calumet Park is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calumet Park are

799 jobs are based in Calumet Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calumet Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calumet Park

799 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Calumet Park residents hold

2,958 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−36%

Jobs based in Calumet Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,249 → 799. 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.