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Work & commute · Plum Valley

Work & commute in Plum Valley, IL

Most working residents leave Plum Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (22%), Crete (4%) and Crete (2%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 253 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
51 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
30%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 253 Plum Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plum Valley.

253live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
15work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Plum Valley goes to work

DoltonPark ForestSouth HollandCalumet CityCreteMattesonUniversity ParkChicago HeightsHomer GlenNapervilleBloomingtonChicagoJolietLowellChestertonCreteWest CreekWillowbrookPlum ValleyChicagoCreteCreteUniversity ParkJolietSouth HollandChicago HeightsDoltonHomer GlenNapervillePlum Valley
1
Chicago27 mi away
22%56
2
Crete4.2 mi away
4%9
3
Crete4.4 mi away
2%6
4
University Park8.8 mi away
2%6
5
Joliet31.5 mi away
2%6
6
South Holland10 mi away
2%5
7
Chicago Heights5.8 mi away
2%5
8
Dolton12 mi away
2%4
9
Homer Glen23.7 mi away
2%4
10
Naperville37.6 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%148

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

How far

How far Plum Valley commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
41%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Plum Valley is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plum Valley are

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

Jobs based in Plum Valley

15 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)93%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%
Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Plum Valley residents hold

253 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−42%

Jobs based in Plum Valley, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 15. 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.

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