Work & commute · Lemont

Work & commute in Lemont, IL

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

808 of 7,854 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

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,046 Lemont residents head out of town to work, 808 work right here, and 5,567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lemont.

7,046live here, work elsewhere

808live and work here

5,567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lemont goes to work

Chicago19.4 mi away

22%1,691

Lemont (in town)right here

10%808

Downers Grove9 mi away

3%232

Bolingbrook6.5 mi away

3%205

Oak Brook11.8 mi away

2%169

Woodridge5.7 mi away

2%135

Joliet13.4 mi away

2%134

Orland Park7.6 mi away

2%132

Naperville10.8 mi away

2%125

Downers Grove6 mi away

1%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%4,109

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.

30%

54%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lemont is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lemont are

6,375 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

6,375 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lemont residents hold

7,854 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%

+10%

Jobs based in Lemont, 2013 → 2023: 5,799 → 6,375. 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.