Work & commute · Stickney

Work & commute in Stickney, IL

Most working residents leave Stickney for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (29%), Cicero (5%) and Berwyn (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 2,959 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,892 Stickney residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 2,419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stickney.

2,892live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

2,419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stickney goes to work

Chicago4.8 mi away

29%853

Cicero2 mi away

5%152

Berwyn2 mi away

3%89

Stickney (in town)right here

2%67

Bedford Park3.4 mi away

2%50

Hodgkins5.7 mi away

2%49

Maywood5.7 mi away

2%46

Oak Brook9.3 mi away

1%42

Lyons2.3 mi away

1%41

Naperville20.5 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,530

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.

58%

32%

58%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stickney is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stickney are

2,486 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

2,486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Stickney residents hold

2,959 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Stickney, 2013 → 2023: 2,191 → 2,486. 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.