Work & commute · Flossmoor

Work & commute in Flossmoor, IL

Most working residents leave Flossmoor for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (27%), Homewood (5%) and Chicago Heights (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

139 of 3,685 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,546 Flossmoor residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 2,224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flossmoor.

3,546live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

2,224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flossmoor goes to work

Chicago20.6 mi away

27%983

Homewood1.8 mi away

5%175

Flossmoor (in town)right here

4%139

Chicago Heights3.3 mi away

3%111

Tinley Park6.5 mi away

2%67

Matteson3.8 mi away

2%62

Olympia Fields1.2 mi away

2%59

Harvey5 mi away

2%57

South Holland5.9 mi away

1%51

Joliet24 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,930

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

How far

How far Flossmoor commutes

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

35%

37%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flossmoor is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flossmoor are

2,363 jobs are based in Flossmoor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flossmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flossmoor

2,363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Flossmoor residents hold

3,685 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−24%

Jobs based in Flossmoor, 2013 → 2023: 3,107 → 2,363. 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.