Work & commute · Crestwood

Work & commute in Crestwood, IL

Most working residents leave Crestwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (26%), Orland Park (4%) and Oak Lawn (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

233 of 4,895 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,662 Crestwood residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 7,673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crestwood.

4,662live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

7,673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crestwood goes to work

Chicago13.5 mi away

26%1,277

Crestwood (in town)right here

5%233

Orland Park6.7 mi away

4%172

Oak Lawn4.8 mi away

3%133

Palos Heights3.1 mi away

3%124

Alsip1.7 mi away

3%123

Tinley Park6.3 mi away

2%102

Bedford Park8.6 mi away

1%65

Downers Grove17.8 mi away

1%63

Oak Forest2.8 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,545

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

How far

How far Crestwood commutes

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

38%

46%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crestwood is a job hub

1.62jobs 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 Crestwood are

7,906 jobs are based in Crestwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crestwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crestwood

7,906 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Crestwood residents hold

4,895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+7%

Jobs based in Crestwood, 2013 → 2023: 7,400 → 7,906. 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.