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 (15%), Joliet (5%) and Bolingbrook (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

984 of 13,398 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,414 Lockport residents head out of town to work, 984 work right here, and 6,040 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockport.

12,414live here, work elsewhere

984live and work here

6,040work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockport goes to work

Chicago24.7 mi away

15%1,974

Lockport (in town)right here

7%984

Joliet7.9 mi away

5%721

Bolingbrook7.6 mi away

3%405

Naperville12.8 mi away

3%350

Downers Grove14.1 mi away

2%328

Orland Park9 mi away

2%300

New Lenox6.5 mi away

2%295

Romeoville4.4 mi away

2%275

Homer Glen3.8 mi away

2%261

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%7,505

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.

34%

38%

23%

34%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockport is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockport are

7,024 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

7,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lockport residents hold

13,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+41%

Jobs based in Lockport, 2013 → 2023: 4,987 → 7,024. 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.