Work & commute · Monee

Work & commute in Monee, IL

Most working residents leave Monee for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), University Park (4%) and Joliet (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 2,416 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,318 Monee residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 3,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monee.

2,318live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

3,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monee goes to work

Chicago29.2 mi away

14%344

University Park2.8 mi away

4%101

Monee (in town)right here

4%98

Joliet21.7 mi away

3%72

Orland Park14.3 mi away

2%57

Crete6.7 mi away

2%54

Kankakee22.6 mi away

2%42

Mokena10.2 mi away

1%35

Frankfort8.8 mi away

1%35

Alsip17.5 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%1,546

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%

36%

32%

10%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monee are

3,552 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

3,552 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Monee residents hold

2,416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+152%

Jobs based in Monee, 2013 → 2023: 1,410 → 3,552. 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.