Work & commute · Munster

Work & commute in Munster, IN

Most working residents leave Munster for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Hammond (8%) and Highland (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,460 of 9,386 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,926 Munster residents head out of town to work, 1,460 work right here, and 13,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Munster.

7,926live here, work elsewhere

1,460live and work here

13,211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Munster goes to work

Munster (in town)right here

16%1,460

Chicago, IL22.1 mi away

10%962

Hammond5 mi away

8%793

Highland2.4 mi away

5%456

Schererville5.3 mi away

4%329

East Chicago7.5 mi away

3%315

Merrillville10.9 mi away

3%292

Crown Point12.5 mi away

3%268

Gary8.7 mi away

3%242

Lansing, IL2.5 mi away

2%152

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%4,117

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

How far

How far Munster commutes

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

52%

25%

13%

52%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Munster is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Munster are

14,671 jobs are based in Munster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Munster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Munster

14,671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Munster residents hold

9,386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+13%

Jobs based in Munster, 2013 → 2023: 13,017 → 14,671. 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.