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Work & commute · Steger

Work & commute in Steger, IL

Most working residents leave Steger for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Chicago Heights (5%) and University Park (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
154 of 4,304 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,150 Steger residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 866 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steger.

4,150live here, work elsewhere
154live and work here
866work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Steger goes to work

South Chicago HeightsBeecherStegerSauk VillagePark ForestHomewoodLansingCreteMattesonUniversity ParkChicago HeightsTinley ParkChicagoJolietDyerSt. JohnBloomCreteChicagoChicago HeightsUniversity ParkCreteJolietTinley ParkMattesonSouth Chicago HeightsHomewoodSteger
1
Chicago25.4 mi away
17%743
2
Chicago Heights2.8 mi away
5%200
3
Steger (in town)right here
4%154
4
University Park5.2 mi away
2%100
5
Crete2.2 mi away
2%95
6
Joliet27.6 mi away
2%81
7
Tinley Park11.7 mi away
2%80
8
Matteson7.1 mi away
2%78
9
South Chicago Heights1.3 mi away
2%75
10
Homewood6.4 mi away
2%74
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%2,624

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

How far

How far Steger commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
33%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Steger is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Steger are

1,020 jobs are based in Steger. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Steger’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Steger

1,020 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Steger residents hold

4,304 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−34%

Jobs based in Steger, 2013 → 2023: 1,551 → 1,020. 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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