Work & commute · New Lenox

Work & commute in New Lenox, IL

Most working residents leave New Lenox for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), New Lenox (9%) and Joliet (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,565 of 22,695 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

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,130 New Lenox residents head out of town to work, 2,565 work right here, and 13,133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Lenox.

20,130live here, work elsewhere

2,565live and work here

13,133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Lenox goes to work

Chicago26.7 mi away

14%3,279

New Lenox0.3 mi away

9%2,047

Joliet9.5 mi away

6%1,303

Mokena4.7 mi away

3%781

Orland Park8.6 mi away

3%740

Frankfort4.8 mi away

3%655

Tinley Park9.2 mi away

3%631

Naperville19.4 mi away

2%440

New Lenox (in town)right here

2%437

Bolingbrook14.2 mi away

2%391

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%11,991

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

How far

How far New Lenox commutes

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

32%

35%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Lenox is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Lenox are

15,698 jobs are based in New Lenox. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Lenox’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Lenox

15,698 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs New Lenox residents hold

22,695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+37%

Jobs based in New Lenox, 2013 → 2023: 11,480 → 15,698. 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.