Work & commute · Lansing

Work & commute in Lansing, IL

Most working residents leave Lansing for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (28%), South Holland (3%) and Munster (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

852 of 11,768 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 10,916 Lansing residents head out of town to work, 852 work right here, and 6,290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansing.

10,916live here, work elsewhere

852live and work here

6,290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansing goes to work

Chicago20.1 mi away

28%3,252

Lansing (in town)right here

7%852

South Holland3.7 mi away

3%368

Munster, IN2.5 mi away

3%331

Hammond, IN4.6 mi away

2%251

Calumet City2.2 mi away

2%184

Chicago Heights5.9 mi away

1%159

Joliet31.3 mi away

1%147

Homewood6 mi away

1%139

Harvey6.2 mi away

1%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,952

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

How far

How far Lansing commutes

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

35%

37%

20%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansing is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansing are

7,142 jobs are based in Lansing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lansing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lansing

7,142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lansing residents hold

11,768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−13%

Jobs based in Lansing, 2013 → 2023: 8,245 → 7,142. 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.