Work & commute · Dolton

Work & commute in Dolton, IL

Most working residents leave Dolton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (37%), South Holland (3%) and Harvey (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

193 of 7,633 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 7,440 Dolton residents head out of town to work, 193 work right here, and 2,658 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dolton.

7,440live here, work elsewhere

193live and work here

2,658work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dolton goes to work

Chicago15 mi away

37%2,802

South Holland2.2 mi away

3%252

Dolton (in town)right here

3%193

Harvey3.3 mi away

2%158

Calumet City3.8 mi away

2%127

Homewood6 mi away

2%121

Lansing5.2 mi away

1%103

Matteson11.4 mi away

1%91

Markham5.3 mi away

1%89

Orland Park13.6 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,615

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

How far

How far Dolton commutes

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

32%

43%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dolton is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dolton are

2,851 jobs are based in Dolton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dolton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dolton

2,851 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Dolton residents hold

7,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−5%

Jobs based in Dolton, 2013 → 2023: 3,009 → 2,851. 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.