Work & commute · Mokena

Work & commute in Mokena, IL

Most working residents leave Mokena for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Orland Park (4%) and Frankfort (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

745 of 9,801 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 9,056 Mokena residents head out of town to work, 745 work right here, and 9,961 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mokena.

9,056live here, work elsewhere

745live and work here

9,961work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mokena goes to work

Chicago23.4 mi away

15%1,481

Mokena (in town)right here

8%745

Orland Park5.5 mi away

4%434

Frankfort1.6 mi away

4%424

Tinley Park4.6 mi away

4%393

New Lenox5 mi away

4%371

Joliet14 mi away

3%337

Downers Grove19.8 mi away

2%170

Naperville21.1 mi away

2%170

Bolingbrook16 mi away

1%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%5,137

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

How far

How far Mokena commutes

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

33%

35%

26%

33%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mokena is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mokena are

10,706 jobs are based in Mokena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mokena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mokena

10,706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Mokena residents hold

9,801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+44%

Jobs based in Mokena, 2013 → 2023: 7,416 → 10,706. 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.