Photo: User:Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Homer Glen are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Homer Glen grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The poverty rate is 4.3%, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. Only 5% stay in Homer Glen for work; outside it, Chicago is the main destination (16%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Homer Glen: the gist
Homer Glen 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 ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Homer Glen
67% of Homer Glen residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Homer Glen pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Homer Glen has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Homer Glen went from 3,138 in 2013 to 4,519 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Homer Glen’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Homer Glen is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #104 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Homer Glen’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, 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, Homer Glen could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 36 minutes each way for Homer Glen’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homer Glen workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,976 commuters (the 14% 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.
The kinds of work in Homer Glen
4,519 jobs are based in Homer Glen.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homer Glen, 2013 → 2023: 3,138 → 4,519. 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 Homer Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Homer Glen for work, and who comes in
On a workday 11,127 residents head out to work, 585 work right here, and 3,934 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Homer Glen on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 the trip to work from Homer Glen ends
Where Homer Glen clocks in
16% of workers
3% 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.
The distance from Homer Glen to work
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.
Homer Glen is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Homer Glen is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #523 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Homer Glen near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,622 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 2.5% of Homer Glen households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Homer Glen’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 34,000, Homer Glen ranks 251st of 1,688 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Concord MO | 18,368 | $89K | 3.9% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 250 | Naples FL | 20,114 | $153K | 6.5% | 2.3% | 27% | A |
| 251 | Homer Glen IL | 24,873 | $137K | 4.3% | 4.6% | 5% | A |
| 252 | Mahwah Township NJ | 25,678 | $131K | 2.1% | 5.5% | 8% | A |
| 253 | Upper Gwynedd Township PA | 17,255 | $115K | 6.4% | 3.2% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,688 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Homer Glen, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Homer Glen compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Orland Park (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Homer Glen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Glen | – | A | B− | 36 min | $136,678 |
| Homer Township | 2% | A | B− | 36 min | $135,645 |
| Lockport | 2% | A− | A− | 35 min | $111,981 |
| Orland Township | under 2% | A− | A | 34 min | $104,383 |
| Orland Park | 3% | A− | A | 34 min | $98,910 |
| Lemont Township | under 2% | A | A | 35 min | $120,984 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Homer Glen’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 Homer Glen: questions
What is the median household income in Homer Glen?
$136,678 (±$7,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homer Glen?
4.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homer Glen?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homer Glen work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (16%, 22 mi), Orland Park (3%, 5 mi), Joliet (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Homer Glen walkable?
Homer Glen is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Homer Glen without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Homer Glen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homer Glen
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.