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Work & commute in East Hazel Crest, IL

Most working residents leave East Hazel Crest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (28%), Homewood (7%) and Markham (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 550 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 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 543 East Hazel Crest residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 1,464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Hazel Crest.

543live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
1,464work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where East Hazel Crest goes to work

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1
Chicago18.1 mi away
28%152
2
Homewood1.3 mi away
7%37
3
Markham2.7 mi away
2%11
4
Hazel Crest2 mi away
2%10
5
South Holland2.9 mi away
2%10
6
Chicago Heights4.6 mi away
2%10
7
Flossmoor3.1 mi away
2%9
8
Oak Lawn10.9 mi away
2%9
9
Matteson6.8 mi away
2%9
10
Orland Park11 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%284

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

How far

How far East Hazel Crest commutes

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

39%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

East Hazel Crest is a job hub

2.67jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Hazel Crest are

1,471 jobs are based in East Hazel Crest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Hazel Crest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Hazel Crest

1,471 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)68%
Trade, transport & utilities1%
Services (health, schools, offices…)31%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs East Hazel Crest residents hold

550 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+18%

Jobs based in East Hazel Crest, 2013 → 2023: 1,245 → 1,471. 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.

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