Work & commute · Preston Heights

Work & commute in Preston Heights, IL

Most working residents leave Preston Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (20%), Chicago (11%) and New Lenox (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 1,254 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,250 Preston Heights residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Preston Heights.

1,250live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Preston Heights goes to work

Joliet3.8 mi away

20%256

Chicago31.2 mi away

11%144

New Lenox5.8 mi away

4%51

Bolingbrook13.3 mi away

4%50

Romeoville9.2 mi away

3%42

Naperville18 mi away

3%35

Crest Hill5.9 mi away

2%30

Downers Grove20.9 mi away

2%23

Channahon10.7 mi away

2%21

Minooka10.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%583

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

How far

How far Preston Heights commutes

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

38%

28%

27%

38%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Preston Heights is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Preston Heights are

146 jobs are based in Preston Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Preston Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Preston Heights

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Preston Heights residents hold

1,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−2%

Jobs based in Preston Heights, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 146. 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.