Work & commute · Hazel Crest

Work & commute in Hazel Crest, IL

Most working residents leave Hazel Crest for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (31%), Homewood (2%) and Matteson (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 5,038 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,918 Hazel Crest residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 4,192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazel Crest.

4,918live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

4,192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazel Crest goes to work

Chicago18.2 mi away

31%1,541

Hazel Crest (in town)right here

2%120

Homewood1.7 mi away

2%113

Matteson5.4 mi away

2%105

Markham1.8 mi away

2%99

South Holland4.7 mi away

2%85

Joliet24.1 mi away

2%83

Orland Park9.2 mi away

2%77

Tinley Park6 mi away

1%75

Harvey3 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,669

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

How far

How far Hazel Crest commutes

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

32%

44%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazel Crest is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazel Crest are

4,312 jobs are based in Hazel Crest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hazel Crest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hazel Crest

4,312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Hazel Crest residents hold

5,038 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+10%

Jobs based in Hazel Crest, 2013 → 2023: 3,906 → 4,312. 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.