Work & commute · Homer Glen

Work & commute in Homer Glen, IL

Most working residents leave Homer Glen for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Orland Park (3%) and Joliet (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

585 of 11,712 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,127 Homer Glen residents head out of town to work, 585 work right here, and 3,934 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homer Glen.

11,127live here, work elsewhere

585live and work here

3,934work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homer Glen goes to work

Chicago21.5 mi away

16%1,909

Homer Glen (in town)right here

5%585

Orland Park5.3 mi away

3%402

Joliet11.4 mi away

3%336

Naperville14.4 mi away

3%315

Lockport3.8 mi away

2%291

Bolingbrook9.4 mi away

2%281

Downers Grove13.5 mi away

2%262

Tinley Park8.5 mi away

2%223

Homer0.8 mi away

2%190

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%6,918

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

How far

How far Homer Glen commutes

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

32%

48%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homer Glen is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Homer Glen are

4,519 jobs are based in Homer Glen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Homer Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Homer Glen

4,519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Homer Glen residents hold

11,712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+44%

Jobs based in Homer Glen, 2013 → 2023: 3,138 → 4,519. 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.