Work & commute · Frankfort

Work & commute in Frankfort, IL

Most working residents leave Frankfort for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Mokena (6%) and Frankfort (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

4,464 of 28,821 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,357 Frankfort residents head out of town to work, 4,464 work right here, and 26,312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankfort.

24,357live here, work elsewhere

4,464live and work here

26,312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankfort goes to work

Chicago23.9 mi away

16%4,612

Mokena2 mi away

6%1,666

Frankfort1.3 mi away

5%1,512

Tinley Park4.4 mi away

5%1,393

Orland Park6.6 mi away

4%1,154

Joliet15.6 mi away

3%893

New Lenox6.4 mi away

3%838

Naperville23 mi away

2%473

Downers Grove21.4 mi away

2%452

Oak Lawn14.7 mi away

1%399

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%15,429

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

How far

How far Frankfort commutes

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

32%

33%

29%

32%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankfort is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankfort are

30,776 jobs are based in Frankfort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frankfort’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frankfort

30,776 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Frankfort residents hold

28,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+23%

Jobs based in Frankfort, 2013 → 2023: 25,058 → 30,776. 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.