Work & commute · Crest Hill

Work & commute in Crest Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Crest Hill for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Joliet (12%) and Bolingbrook (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

325 of 9,537 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 9,212 Crest Hill residents head out of town to work, 325 work right here, and 5,977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crest Hill.

9,212live here, work elsewhere

325live and work here

5,977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crest Hill goes to work

Chicago28.6 mi away

17%1,662

Joliet4.4 mi away

12%1,137

Bolingbrook7.6 mi away

5%440

Romeoville3.7 mi away

4%338

Crest Hill (in town)right here

3%325

Naperville12.2 mi away

3%283

Plainfield6.5 mi away

2%190

Downers Grove15.9 mi away

2%161

Woodridge11.8 mi away

2%149

Aurora15.7 mi away

1%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%4,716

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

How far

How far Crest Hill commutes

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

32%

30%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crest Hill is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crest Hill are

6,302 jobs are based in Crest Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crest Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crest Hill

6,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Crest Hill residents hold

9,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1%

Jobs based in Crest Hill, 2013 → 2023: 6,236 → 6,302. 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.