Work & commute · Richton Park

Work & commute in Richton Park, IL

Most working residents leave Richton Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (28%), Matteson (4%) and Chicago Heights (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 4,829 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

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,713 Richton Park residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 1,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richton Park.

4,713live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

1,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richton Park goes to work

Chicago24.8 mi away

28%1,353

Matteson2 mi away

4%196

Richton Park (in town)right here

2%116

Chicago Heights6 mi away

2%107

University Park2.8 mi away

2%105

Olympia Fields3.9 mi away

2%96

Park Forest2.9 mi away

2%88

Joliet21.1 mi away

2%88

Tinley Park6.9 mi away

2%85

Homewood6.9 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,528

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

How far

How far Richton Park commutes

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

30%

25%

37%

30%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richton Park is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richton Park are

1,362 jobs are based in Richton Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richton Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richton Park

1,362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Richton Park residents hold

4,829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−37%

Jobs based in Richton Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,161 → 1,362. 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.