Work & commute · Rich

Work & commute in Rich, IL

Most working residents leave Rich for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (29%), Matteson (4%) and Chicago Heights (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2,936 of 28,678 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,742 Rich residents head out of town to work, 2,936 work right here, and 18,935 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rich.

25,742live here, work elsewhere

2,936live and work here

18,935work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rich goes to work

Chicago22.4 mi away

29%8,249

Matteson0.8 mi away

4%1,016

Chicago Heights5.1 mi away

2%587

Homewood4.8 mi away

2%578

Tinley Park5.2 mi away

2%544

Olympia Fields2.2 mi away

2%501

University Park4.8 mi away

2%470

Joliet21.4 mi away

2%466

Park Forest3.3 mi away

2%464

Orland Park9.1 mi away

2%440

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%15,363

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

How far

How far Rich commutes

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

31%

30%

32%

31%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rich is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rich are

21,871 jobs are based in Rich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rich

21,871 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Rich residents hold

28,678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+2%

Jobs based in Rich, 2013 → 2023: 21,526 → 21,871. 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.