Work & commute · Lockport

Work & commute in Lockport, IL

Most working residents leave Lockport for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Joliet (7%) and Bolingbrook (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,064 of 28,409 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26,345 Lockport residents head out of town to work, 2,064 work right here, and 16,109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockport.

26,345live here, work elsewhere

2,064live and work here

16,109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockport goes to work

Chicago26.5 mi away

17%4,772

Joliet6.4 mi away

7%2,003

Bolingbrook6.2 mi away

5%1,513

Romeoville2.2 mi away

5%1,344

Lockport2.9 mi away

4%1,009

Naperville11.1 mi away

3%982

Downers Grove14 mi away

2%577

Woodridge9.9 mi away

2%510

Crest Hill2.1 mi away

2%458

Plainfield7.3 mi away

2%457

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%14,784

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

How far

How far Lockport commutes

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

32%

34%

28%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockport is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockport are

18,173 jobs are based in Lockport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lockport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lockport

18,173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lockport residents hold

28,409 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+43%

Jobs based in Lockport, 2013 → 2023: 12,744 → 18,173. 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.