Work & commute · Crete

Work & commute in Crete, IL

Most working residents leave Crete for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Chicago Heights (3%) and University Park (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

175 of 3,726 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,551 Crete residents head out of town to work, 175 work right here, and 2,587 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crete.

3,551live here, work elsewhere

175live and work here

2,587work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crete goes to work

Chicago27.6 mi away

16%592

Crete (in town)right here

5%175

Chicago Heights4.9 mi away

3%116

University Park4.6 mi away

2%85

Joliet27.6 mi away

2%76

Matteson7.9 mi away

2%72

Homewood8.4 mi away

2%69

Tinley Park12.8 mi away

2%64

Olympia Fields6.6 mi away

2%58

Aurora41 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%2,363

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.

29%

24%

37%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crete is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crete are

2,762 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

2,762 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Crete residents hold

3,726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Crete, 2013 → 2023: 2,449 → 2,762. 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.