Photo: Legimet · CC BY-SA 4.0Monee has lower unemployment (1.2%) than 93% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Monee; the top destination outside it is Chicago (14%, 29 miles). Jobs and income earn Monee A; getting around on foot earns it B−. The average commute takes 34 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Monee stands out on work
Jobs in Monee have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Monee went from 1,410 in 2013 to 3,552 in 2023, +152%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
73% of the jobs in Monee are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
39% of the jobs based in Monee are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Monee’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Monee’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Monee is Chicago, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (344) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Monee workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Monee’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($91,969, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monee could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The kinds of work in Monee
3,552 jobs are based in Monee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monee, 2013 → 2023: 1,410 → 3,552. 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 Monee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Monee
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.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monee workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,543 commuters (the 11% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Monee
On a workday 2,318 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 3,454 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Monee on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).
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 Monee to work: where people go
Where Monee clocks in
14% 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.
For most of Monee, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monee is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #521 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Monee 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 2,848 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 0.6% of Monee households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Monee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Monee places 304th of 3,627 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 302 | Royalton Township MI | 5,198 | $129K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A |
| 303 | West Laurel MD | 4,428 | $165K | 2.6% | 5.0% | <1% | A |
| 304 | Monee IL | 5,119 | $92K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| 305 | Rowley MA | 6,356 | $133K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 10% | A |
| 306 | Rancho Murieta CA | 5,875 | $140K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Monee, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Monee
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monee | – | A | B− | 34 min | $91,969 |
| University Park | 4% | C+ | A− | 39 min | $73,844 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to University Park. Darker towns draw more of Monee’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 Monee: questions
What is the median household income in Monee?
$91,969 (±$5,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monee?
6.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monee?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monee work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (14%, 29 mi), University Park (4%, 3 mi), Joliet (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monee walkable?
Monee is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monee without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monee
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.