Most of Justice commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Justice report 1,180 jobs for 5,088 working residents. Jobs and income earn Justice C; getting around on foot earns it A. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Justice and work: the main findings
Justice and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Justice residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Justice come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Justice is a place people come home to
There are 1,180 jobs based in Justice, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Justice has about 8,400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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: Justice’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Justice is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #602 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Justice’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Justice could be anywhere from C− to B.
27% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Justice clocks in
27% 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 daily commute in and out of Justice
On a workday 4,956 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 1,048 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in Justice on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 kinds of work in Justice
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Justice, 2013 → 2023: 1,162 → 1,180. 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 Justice’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Justice takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Justice workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,461 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Justice
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.
Justice is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Justice is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #107 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Justice 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 6,002 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 71% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 11.4% of Justice households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Justice’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Justice is 1,766th of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 24 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | La Grange IL | 15,935 | $160K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Riverside Township IL | 16,083 | $122K | 4.5% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,764 | West Lealman FL | 14,944 | $52K | 17.6% | 5.3% | 2% | C |
| 1,765 | Pine Ridge FL | 10,762 | $71K | 15.1% | 3.5% | 4% | C |
| 1,766 | Justice IL | 12,285 | $57K | 19.4% | 6.7% | 3% | C |
| 1,767 | Gatesville TX | 16,422 | $57K | 9.1% | 4.5% | 22% | C |
| 1,768 | Bardstown KY | 14,161 | $51K | 14.7% | 4.0% | 34% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Justice, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Justice compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bridgeview (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Justice workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice | – | C | A | 32 min | $57,170 |
| Bridgeview | 3% | C+ | A | 31 min | $66,655 |
| Hickory Hills | under 2% | B | A | 30 min | $77,262 |
| Bedford Park | 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hodgkins | 2% | B− | B | 17 min | $62,417 |
| Willow Springs | under 2% | A | B | 28 min | $103,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bedford Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Justice’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 Justice: questions
What is the median household income in Justice?
$57,170 (±$14,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Justice?
19.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Justice?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Justice work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (27%, 9 mi), Bedford Park (3%, 3 mi), Bridgeview (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Justice walkable?
Justice is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Justice without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Justice, from the people who make the trip.
More of Justice
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.