Work & commute · Worth

Work & commute in Worth, IL

Most working residents leave Worth for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (27%), Oak Lawn (3%) and Palos Heights (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 4,518 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 4,338 Worth residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 1,500 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Worth.

4,338live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

1,500work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Worth goes to work

Chicago11.7 mi away

27%1,202

Worth (in town)right here

4%180

Oak Lawn2.7 mi away

3%115

Palos Heights1.7 mi away

2%107

Palos Hills1.9 mi away

2%107

Alsip3.1 mi away

2%104

Orland Park6.5 mi away

2%100

Bedford Park5.6 mi away

2%96

Bridgeview3.7 mi away

2%77

Chicago Ridge1.2 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,355

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

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Worth is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Worth are

1,680 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

1,680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Worth residents hold

4,518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−30%

Jobs based in Worth, 2013 → 2023: 2,391 → 1,680. 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.