Work & commute · Monee

Work & commute in Monee, IL

Most working residents leave Monee for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (18%), University Park (3%) and Joliet (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

421 of 6,991 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 6,570 Monee residents head out of town to work, 421 work right here, and 9,702 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monee.

6,570live here, work elsewhere

421live and work here

9,702work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monee goes to work

Chicago28.9 mi away

18%1,231

University Park2.2 mi away

3%235

Joliet22.2 mi away

3%205

Monee0.6 mi away

2%174

Matteson6.1 mi away

2%170

Chicago Heights8.2 mi away

2%123

Orland Park14.4 mi away

2%117

Crete6 mi away

2%105

Tinley Park10.8 mi away

1%93

Aurora37.1 mi away

1%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%4,449

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

How far

How far Monee commutes

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

22%

31%

37%

10%

22%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monee are

10,123 jobs are based in Monee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monee

10,123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Monee residents hold

6,991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+49%

Jobs based in Monee, 2013 → 2023: 6,798 → 10,123. 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.