Work & commute · Hometown

Work & commute in Hometown, IL

Most working residents leave Hometown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (33%), Oak Lawn (5%) and Bedford Park (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 2,046 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,995 Hometown residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hometown.

1,995live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hometown goes to work

Chicago7.7 mi away

33%684

Oak Lawn1.6 mi away

5%111

Bedford Park3.3 mi away

3%56

Hometown (in town)right here

2%51

Orland Park10.8 mi away

2%47

Alsip4.2 mi away

2%41

Bridgeview3.9 mi away

2%33

Schaumburg27.4 mi away

1%29

Oak Brook13.6 mi away

1%27

Evergreen Park1.7 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%942

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

How far

How far Hometown commutes

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

42%

47%

42%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hometown is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hometown are

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

Jobs based in Hometown

336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hometown residents hold

2,046 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+13%

Jobs based in Hometown, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 336. 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.