Work & commute · Olympia Fields

Work & commute in Olympia Fields, IL

Most working residents leave Olympia Fields for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (32%), Matteson (3%) and Chicago Heights (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,744 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,694 Olympia Fields residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 3,805 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olympia Fields.

1,694live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

3,805work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olympia Fields goes to work

Chicago21.7 mi away

32%561

Matteson3 mi away

3%52

Olympia Fields (in town)right here

3%50

Chicago Heights3.1 mi away

3%48

Hazel Crest3.5 mi away

2%30

Joliet23.6 mi away

2%29

Homewood2.9 mi away

1%25

Park Forest2.8 mi away

1%23

Richton Park3.9 mi away

1%22

Harvey6.2 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%883

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

How far

How far Olympia Fields commutes

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

28%

27%

37%

28%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olympia Fields is a job hub

2.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Olympia Fields are

3,855 jobs are based in Olympia Fields. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olympia Fields’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olympia Fields

3,855 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Olympia Fields residents hold

1,744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+77%

Jobs based in Olympia Fields, 2013 → 2023: 2,181 → 3,855. 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.