Work & commute · Homer

Work & commute in Homer, IL

Most working residents leave Homer for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Lockport (4%) and Homer Glen (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,392 of 19,810 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

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,418 Homer residents head out of town to work, 1,392 work right here, and 7,824 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homer.

18,418live here, work elsewhere

1,392live and work here

7,824work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homer goes to work

Chicago22.2 mi away

16%3,166

Lockport3.5 mi away

4%760

Homer Glen0.8 mi away

4%755

Joliet10.8 mi away

3%682

Orland Park5.5 mi away

3%618

Naperville14.9 mi away

3%545

Bolingbrook9.8 mi away

3%509

Downers Grove14.3 mi away

2%483

Tinley Park8.4 mi away

2%394

Homer (in town)right here

2%370

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%11,528

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

How far

How far Homer commutes

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

31%

45%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homer is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Homer are

9,216 jobs are based in Homer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Homer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Homer

9,216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Homer residents hold

19,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+66%

Jobs based in Homer, 2013 → 2023: 5,565 → 9,216. 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.