Work & commute · Calumet

Work & commute in Calumet, IL

Most working residents leave Calumet for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (37%), Blue Island (4%) and Alsip (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

152 of 7,581 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 7,429 Calumet residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 2,054 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calumet.

7,429live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

2,054work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calumet goes to work

Chicago12.5 mi away

37%2,824

Blue Island1.2 mi away

4%300

Alsip4.2 mi away

3%192

Oak Lawn6.3 mi away

2%138

Crestwood4.4 mi away

1%105

Downers Grove21 mi away

1%99

Orland Park11 mi away

1%98

South Holland5 mi away

1%95

Tinley Park9.8 mi away

1%88

Matteson11.3 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,558

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

How far

How far Calumet commutes

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

35%

46%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calumet is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calumet are

2,206 jobs are based in Calumet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calumet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calumet

2,206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Calumet residents hold

7,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−48%

Jobs based in Calumet, 2013 → 2023: 4,206 → 2,206. 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.