Work & commute · Worth

Work & commute in Worth, IL

Most working residents leave Worth for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (35%), Oak Lawn (5%) and Alsip (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

9,152 of 66,058 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56,906 Worth residents head out of town to work, 9,152 work right here, and 49,945 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Worth.

56,906live here, work elsewhere

9,152live and work here

49,945work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Worth goes to work

Chicago10.6 mi away

35%22,962

Oak Lawn1.7 mi away

5%3,260

Alsip1.4 mi away

3%1,665

Bedford Park5.5 mi away

2%1,274

Evergreen Park3.1 mi away

2%1,218

Orland Park8.2 mi away

2%1,109

Palos Heights3.3 mi away

1%989

Bridgeview4.7 mi away

1%909

Downers Grove16 mi away

1%866

Oak Brook14.8 mi away

1%814

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%30,992

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

How far

How far Worth commutes

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

39%

48%

39%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Worth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Worth are

59,097 jobs are based in Worth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Worth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Worth

59,097 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Worth residents hold

66,058 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−4%

Jobs based in Worth, 2013 → 2023: 61,284 → 59,097. 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.