Work & commute · Homewood

Work & commute in Homewood, IL

Most working residents leave Homewood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (25%), Flossmoor (2%) and Chicago Heights (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

573 of 7,899 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,326 Homewood residents head out of town to work, 573 work right here, and 8,485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homewood.

7,326live here, work elsewhere

573live and work here

8,485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homewood goes to work

Chicago19.3 mi away

25%2,010

Homewood (in town)right here

7%573

Flossmoor1.8 mi away

2%196

Chicago Heights3.6 mi away

2%175

Tinley Park7.4 mi away

2%134

South Holland4.1 mi away

2%132

Matteson5.6 mi away

2%125

Joliet25.3 mi away

2%124

Orland Park10.8 mi away

1%113

Harvey3.4 mi away

1%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%4,209

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

How far

How far Homewood commutes

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

37%

38%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homewood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Homewood are

9,058 jobs are based in Homewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Homewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Homewood

9,058 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Homewood residents hold

7,899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+46%

Jobs based in Homewood, 2013 → 2023: 6,219 → 9,058. 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.