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Work & commute · Grant Park

Work & commute in Grant Park, IL

Most working residents leave Grant Park for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (8%), Chicago (7%) and Momence (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
39 of 535 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 496 Grant Park residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant Park.

496live here, work elsewhere
39live and work here
223work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Grant Park goes to work

MomenceBeecherGrant ParkMantenoBradleyBourbonnaisUniversity ParkKankakeeChicagoJolietLowellYellowheadMantenoMomenceSumnerKankakeeChicagoMomenceBradleyBeecherMantenoMantenoJolietUniversity ParkGrant Park
1
Kankakee15.3 mi away
8%43
2
Grant Park (in town)right here
7%39
3
Chicago41.1 mi away
7%39
4
Momence5.7 mi away
4%20
5
Bradley12.2 mi away
4%20
6
Beecher7.5 mi away
3%15
7
Manteno10.8 mi away
3%15
8
Manteno10.5 mi away
3%15
9
Joliet32.6 mi away
2%11
10
University Park14.7 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%308

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

How far

How far Grant Park commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Grant Park is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant Park are

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

Jobs based in Grant Park

262 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Grant Park residents hold

535 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−7%

Jobs based in Grant Park, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 262. 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.

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