Work & commute · Jackson

Work & commute in Jackson, IL

Most working residents leave Jackson for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (16%), Chicago (10%) and New Lenox (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 2,086 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,993 Jackson residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 4,071 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson.

1,993live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

4,071work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson goes to work

Joliet7.8 mi away

16%328

Chicago35.7 mi away

10%200

New Lenox8.8 mi away

4%92

Bolingbrook18.8 mi away

3%58

Elwood1.8 mi away

3%57

Naperville23.5 mi away

3%55

Channahon9.3 mi away

2%52

Romeoville14.8 mi away

2%45

Orland Park17.7 mi away

1%30

Aurora26.4 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,139

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

How far

How far Jackson commutes

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

31%

29%

34%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson are

4,164 jobs are based in Jackson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jackson

4,164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Jackson residents hold

2,086 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+65%

Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 2,519 → 4,164. 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.