Work & commute · Stickney

Work & commute in Stickney, IL

Most working residents leave Stickney for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (32%), Bedford Park (5%) and Burbank (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,640 of 17,908 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 16,268 Stickney residents head out of town to work, 1,640 work right here, and 26,076 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stickney.

16,268live here, work elsewhere

1,640live and work here

26,076work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stickney goes to work

Chicago6.4 mi away

32%5,790

Bedford Park0.4 mi away

5%821

Burbank2 mi away

3%617

Bridgeview2.8 mi away

2%435

Oak Lawn4.2 mi away

2%396

Cicero5 mi away

2%346

Downers Grove12.8 mi away

1%254

Hodgkins4.6 mi away

1%232

Naperville20.1 mi away

1%213

Oak Brook10.2 mi away

1%209

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%8,595

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

How far

How far Stickney commutes

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

48%

41%

48%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stickney is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stickney are

27,716 jobs are based in Stickney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stickney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stickney

27,716 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Stickney residents hold

17,908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−35%

Jobs based in Stickney, 2013 → 2023: 42,854 → 27,716. 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.