Work & commute · Evergreen Park

Work & commute in Evergreen Park, IL

Most working residents leave Evergreen Park for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (43%), Oak Lawn (3%) and Alsip (1%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

607 of 9,333 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,726 Evergreen Park residents head out of town to work, 607 work right here, and 6,373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evergreen Park.

8,726live here, work elsewhere

607live and work here

6,373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evergreen Park goes to work

Chicago8 mi away

43%4,046

Evergreen Park (in town)right here

7%607

Oak Lawn2.7 mi away

3%315

Alsip4 mi away

1%120

Bedford Park4.9 mi away

1%117

Orland Park11.3 mi away

1%115

Downers Grove17.2 mi away

1%110

Oak Brook15.2 mi away

1%105

Tinley Park11.8 mi away

1%81

Joliet27 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,645

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

How far

How far Evergreen Park commutes

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

36%

52%

36%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evergreen Park is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Evergreen Park are

6,980 jobs are based in Evergreen Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evergreen Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Evergreen Park

6,980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Evergreen Park residents hold

9,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+1%

Jobs based in Evergreen Park, 2013 → 2023: 6,897 → 6,980. 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.