Work & commute · Crete

Work & commute in Crete, IL

Most working residents leave Crete for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Crete (4%) and Chicago Heights (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

618 of 10,461 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 9,843 Crete residents head out of town to work, 618 work right here, and 4,352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crete.

9,843live here, work elsewhere

618live and work here

4,352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crete goes to work

Chicago29.1 mi away

16%1,628

Crete1.8 mi away

4%388

Chicago Heights6.5 mi away

3%308

University Park6 mi away

2%242

Joliet29 mi away

2%229

Matteson9.6 mi away

2%186

Homewood10 mi away

2%171

Tinley Park14.6 mi away

2%168

South Holland12.3 mi away

2%166

Crete (in town)right here

2%158

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%6,817

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

How far

How far Crete commutes

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

28%

26%

36%

10%

28%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crete is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crete are

4,970 jobs are based in Crete. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crete’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crete

4,970 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Crete residents hold

10,461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−4%

Jobs based in Crete, 2013 → 2023: 5,158 → 4,970. 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.