Work & commute · Lemont

Work & commute in Lemont, IL

Most working residents leave Lemont for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (22%), Lemont (10%) and Downers Grove (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,075 of 9,979 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,904 Lemont residents head out of town to work, 1,075 work right here, and 5,888 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lemont.

8,904live here, work elsewhere

1,075live and work here

5,888work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lemont goes to work

Chicago18.4 mi away

22%2,148

Lemont1.2 mi away

10%1,001

Downers Grove9.2 mi away

3%288

Bolingbrook7.6 mi away

3%264

Oak Brook11.6 mi away

2%206

Joliet14.3 mi away

2%180

Orland Park6.8 mi away

2%179

Woodridge6.3 mi away

2%177

Naperville11.7 mi away

2%159

Downers Grove5.9 mi away

1%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%5,238

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

How far

How far Lemont commutes

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

31%

54%

11%

31%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lemont is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lemont are

6,963 jobs are based in Lemont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lemont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lemont

6,963 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Lemont residents hold

9,979 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+2%

Jobs based in Lemont, 2013 → 2023: 6,829 → 6,963. 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.