Lockport Heights has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Lockport Heights report 6 jobs, and 400 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Lockport Heights itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (17%, 23 miles). 5% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lockport Heights and work: the main findings
Lockport Heights is a place people come home to
There are 6 jobs based in Lockport Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lockport Heights has about 500 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lockport Heights and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Lockport Heights residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Lockport Heights come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Lockport Heights are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois 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; with 400 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Lockport Heights by day
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Lockport Heights on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Out of Lockport Heights to work: where people go
Where Lockport Heights clocks in
17% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from Lockport Heights: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lockport Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 513 commuters (the 5% 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.
Most jobs in Lockport Heights are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lockport Heights, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 6. 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 Lockport Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lockport Heights 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.
Lockport Heights and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lockport (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lockport Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport Heights | – | — | — | 19 min | $78,211 |
| Lockport | 6% | A− | A− | 35 min | $111,981 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lockport Heights’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 Lockport Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Lockport Heights?
$78,211 (±$7,060) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lockport Heights?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lockport Heights?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lockport Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (17%, 23 mi), Lockport (6%, 2 mi), Joliet (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lockport Heights 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 Lockport Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lockport Heights
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.