Work & commute · Frankfort

Work & commute in Frankfort, IL

Most working residents leave Frankfort for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Mokena (4%) and Tinley Park (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

707 of 9,520 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,813 Frankfort residents head out of town to work, 707 work right here, and 7,895 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankfort.

8,813live here, work elsewhere

707live and work here

7,895work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankfort goes to work

Chicago24.7 mi away

17%1,595

Frankfort (in town)right here

7%707

Mokena1.6 mi away

4%408

Tinley Park5.5 mi away

4%405

Orland Park7 mi away

3%327

Joliet14.3 mi away

3%319

New Lenox5.2 mi away

3%269

Naperville22.5 mi away

1%140

Downers Grove21.4 mi away

1%130

Oak Brook23.1 mi away

1%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%5,102

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.

30%

32%

30%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankfort is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankfort are

8,602 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

8,602 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Frankfort residents hold

9,520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+26%

Jobs based in Frankfort, 2013 → 2023: 6,816 → 8,602. 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.