Work & commute · Hammond

Work & commute in Hammond, IN

Most working residents leave Hammond for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Munster (5%) and East Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

5,049 of 28,498 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 23,449 Hammond residents head out of town to work, 5,049 work right here, and 20,308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hammond.

23,449live here, work elsewhere

5,049live and work here

20,308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hammond goes to work

Hammond (in town)right here

18%5,049

Chicago, IL17.9 mi away

13%3,845

Munster5 mi away

5%1,495

East Chicago2.9 mi away

5%1,341

Gary7.9 mi away

4%1,198

Highland5.4 mi away

3%931

Merrillville13.7 mi away

3%802

Schererville9.7 mi away

3%766

Crown Point16.4 mi away

2%508

South Holland, IL5.8 mi away

2%468

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%12,095

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

How far

How far Hammond commutes

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

48%

30%

14%

48%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hammond 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 Hammond are

25,357 jobs are based in Hammond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hammond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hammond

25,357 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Hammond residents hold

28,498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−9%

Jobs based in Hammond, 2013 → 2023: 27,947 → 25,357. 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.