Work & commute · New Lenox

Work & commute in New Lenox, IL

Most working residents leave New Lenox for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Joliet (6%) and Mokena (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,370 of 14,443 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,073 New Lenox residents head out of town to work, 1,370 work right here, and 10,786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Lenox.

13,073live here, work elsewhere

1,370live and work here

10,786work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Lenox goes to work

Chicago27 mi away

15%2,095

New Lenox (in town)right here

9%1,370

Joliet9.2 mi away

6%799

Mokena5 mi away

3%470

Orland Park8.9 mi away

3%463

Frankfort5.2 mi away

3%424

Tinley Park9.5 mi away

3%404

New Lenox0.3 mi away

2%286

Naperville19.3 mi away

2%273

Downers Grove19.9 mi away

2%234

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%7,625

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.

31%

35%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Lenox is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Lenox are

12,156 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

12,156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs New Lenox residents hold

14,443 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%

+105%

Jobs based in New Lenox, 2013 → 2023: 5,933 → 12,156. 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.