Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Custer Park commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Custer Park has 2 jobs for 59 working residents. Hardly any work in Custer Park itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (14%, 47 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Custer Park on a workday
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Custer Park on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
The towns that employ Custer Park’s residents
Where Custer Park clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Custer Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Custer Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 45 minutes to work from Custer Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Custer Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 231 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Custer Park
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Custer Park and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Custer Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer Park | – | — | — | 45 min | $178,602 |
| Rest Haven | under 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Wesley Township | under 4% | B | D | 26 min | $78,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rest Haven: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Custer Park’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 Custer Park: questions
What is the median household income in Custer Park?
$178,602 (±$44,708) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Custer Park?
3.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Custer Park?
45 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Custer Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (14%, 47 mi), Joliet (7%, 19 mi), Crest Hill (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Custer Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Custer Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Custer Park
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.