Work & commute · Frankfort Square

Work & commute in Frankfort Square, IL

Most working residents leave Frankfort Square for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Tinley Park (6%) and Mokena (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 4,505 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 4,427 Frankfort Square residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankfort Square.

4,427live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankfort Square goes to work

Chicago22.6 mi away

16%726

Tinley Park3.2 mi away

6%264

Mokena3.9 mi away

5%245

Frankfort3.7 mi away

4%187

Orland Park6.6 mi away

4%175

New Lenox8.7 mi away

3%120

Joliet17.8 mi away

3%118

Naperville24.3 mi away

2%80

Frankfort Square (in town)right here

2%78

Oak Lawn13.5 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,437

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

How far

How far Frankfort Square commutes

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

35%

31%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankfort Square is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankfort Square are

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

Jobs based in Frankfort Square

740 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Frankfort Square residents hold

4,505 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+36%

Jobs based in Frankfort Square, 2013 → 2023: 546 → 740. 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.