Work & commute · Crown Point

Work & commute in Crown Point, IN

Most working residents leave Crown Point for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Merrillville (9%), Chicago (8%) and Gary (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

3,153 of 16,840 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,687 Crown Point residents head out of town to work, 3,153 work right here, and 15,480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crown Point.

13,687live here, work elsewhere

3,153live and work here

15,480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crown Point goes to work

Crown Point (in town)right here

19%3,153

Merrillville4.6 mi away

9%1,460

Chicago, IL34.3 mi away

8%1,307

Gary12.5 mi away

4%718

Hammond16.4 mi away

4%665

Munster12.5 mi away

3%559

Hobart8.1 mi away

3%543

Schererville7.3 mi away

3%493

East Chicago17.4 mi away

3%450

Valparaiso16 mi away

3%444

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%7,048

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

How far

How far Crown Point commutes

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

41%

30%

16%

13%

41%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crown Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crown Point are

18,633 jobs are based in Crown Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crown Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crown Point

18,633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Crown Point residents hold

16,840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+34%

Jobs based in Crown Point, 2013 → 2023: 13,933 → 18,633. 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.