Work & commute · Schererville

Work & commute in Schererville, IN

Most working residents leave Schererville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Munster (6%) and Merrillville (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,037 of 13,085 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,048 Schererville residents head out of town to work, 1,037 work right here, and 9,510 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schererville.

12,048live here, work elsewhere

1,037live and work here

9,510work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schererville goes to work

Chicago, IL27.3 mi away

9%1,132

Schererville (in town)right here

8%1,037

Munster5.3 mi away

6%793

Merrillville6.5 mi away

6%738

Hammond9.7 mi away

6%727

Crown Point7.3 mi away

5%656

St. John3.3 mi away

4%555

Gary8.8 mi away

3%454

Highland4.3 mi away

3%431

East Chicago11.3 mi away

3%410

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%6,152

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

How far

How far Schererville commutes

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

50%

21%

16%

13%

50%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schererville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Schererville are

10,547 jobs are based in Schererville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schererville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Schererville

10,547 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Schererville residents hold

13,085 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+28%

Jobs based in Schererville, 2013 → 2023: 8,267 → 10,547. 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.