Most of Crete Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Crete Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+). There are 4,970 jobs in Crete Township, and 10,461 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% work in Crete Township itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (16%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Crete Township apart
Crete Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crete Township is Chicago, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (1,628) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Crete Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Crete Township’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Crete Township’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crete Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where in the region Crete Township works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Crete Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crete Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,168 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Crete Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 9,843 residents head out to work, 618 work right here, and 4,352 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Crete Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Crete Township’s working residents head each day
Where Crete Township clocks in
16% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Crete Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crete Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,158 → 4,970. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crete Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Crete Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,503 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 24% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Crete Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Crete Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Crete Township next to U.S. towns of 16,000 to 32,000: 1,050th of 1,780 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Geneva IL | 21,138 | $144K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,048 | Neptune Township NJ | 28,273 | $101K | 10.4% | 8.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,049 | Grovetown GA | 17,939 | $86K | 11.1% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,050 | Crete Township IL | 23,439 | $80K | 9.0% | 6.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,051 | Monterey CA | 28,953 | $103K | 9.8% | 6.0% | 28% | B |
| 1,052 | South River NJ | 16,262 | $96K | 12.5% | 7.7% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,780 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Crete Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Crete Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Crete (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crete Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crete Township | – | B | B+ | 36 min | $80,482 |
| Steger | under 2% | B− | A | 32 min | $66,575 |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | C+ | A | 33 min | $73,530 |
| Crete | 4% | A− | B+ | 38 min | $97,147 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $102,250 |
| Monee Township | under 2% | B− | B | 36 min | $84,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crete Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Crete Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crete Township?
$80,482 (±$6,957) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crete Township?
9.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crete Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crete Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (16%, 29 mi), Crete (4%, 2 mi), Chicago Heights (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crete Township walkable?
Crete Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crete Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crete Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crete Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.