Work & commute · New Chicago

Work & commute in New Chicago, IN

Most working residents leave New Chicago for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), Merrillville (8%) and Hobart (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 800 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 779 New Chicago residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Chicago.

779live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Chicago goes to work

Chicago, IL28.7 mi away

11%90

Merrillville6.4 mi away

8%66

Hobart3.1 mi away

7%52

Gary4.5 mi away

6%51

Portage5.2 mi away

6%49

Hammond12.3 mi away

5%39

Valparaiso12.6 mi away

3%27

Lake Station1.6 mi away

3%26

Crown Point11 mi away

3%25

New Chicago (in town)right here

3%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%354

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

How far

How far New Chicago commutes

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

40%

27%

18%

15%

40%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Chicago is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Chicago are

271 jobs are based in New Chicago. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Chicago’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Chicago

271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs New Chicago residents hold

800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−13%

Jobs based in New Chicago, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 271. 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.