Work & commute · St. John

Work & commute in St. John, IN

Most working residents leave St. John for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (8%), Crown Point (6%) and Schererville (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

755 of 9,126 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 8,371 St. John residents head out of town to work, 755 work right here, and 4,057 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. John.

8,371live here, work elsewhere

755live and work here

4,057work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. John goes to work

St. John (in town)right here

8%755

Chicago, IL29.5 mi away

8%749

Crown Point6.7 mi away

6%535

Schererville3.3 mi away

6%511

Munster7.5 mi away

6%509

Merrillville8 mi away

4%405

Hammond12.4 mi away

4%368

Highland7.3 mi away

3%233

Dyer4.4 mi away

3%232

Gary12 mi away

2%217

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,612

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

How far

How far St. John commutes

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

47%

25%

16%

12%

47%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. John is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. John are

4,812 jobs are based in St. John. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. John’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. John

4,812 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs St. John residents hold

9,126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+18%

Jobs based in St. John, 2013 → 2023: 4,083 → 4,812. 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.