Work & commute · Fairmont

Work & commute in Fairmont, IL

Most working residents leave Fairmont for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (21%), Joliet (9%) and Romeoville (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,183 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,175 Fairmont residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairmont.

1,175live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairmont goes to work

Chicago27.1 mi away

21%243

Joliet5.5 mi away

9%109

Romeoville5.1 mi away

5%59

Lockport2.4 mi away

4%53

Bolingbrook9 mi away

4%49

Naperville14 mi away

3%30

Orland Park10.8 mi away

2%23

New Lenox5.8 mi away

2%20

Downers Grove16.3 mi away

2%18

Woodridge12.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%562

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

How far

How far Fairmont commutes

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

32%

29%

32%

32%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairmont is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairmont are

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

Jobs based in Fairmont

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Fairmont residents hold

1,183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−19%

Jobs based in Fairmont, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 120. 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.