Joliet

City Commute Profile

Joliet, IL

Where Joliet’s 75,491 resident workers go each day — 16.3% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Chicago.

IllinoisLODES 2023 data
47
Commute Score

47 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Joliet at a glance
Employed Residents
75,491
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
20.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Chicago
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Joliet proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Joliet commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Joliet

75,491 commutes, one dot at a time

Joliet

Where 75,491 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Joliet, by worker count.

1Joliet0.0 mi12,336
2Chicago31.6 mi9,065
3Bolingbrook11.2 mi3,123
4Naperville14.9 mi2,677
5Plainfield7.9 mi2,674
6Romeoville7.0 mi2,419
7Aurora17.8 mi1,800
8New Lenox8.7 mi1,488

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Joliet.

1Joliet0.0 mi12,336
2Chicago31.6 mi3,549
3Shorewood4.5 mi1,449
4Plainfield7.9 mi1,249
5Crest Hill2.3 mi1,246
6Romeoville7.0 mi1,094
7Channahon9.4 mi1,000
8Bolingbrook11.2 mi976

Top industries

The sectors that employ Joliet’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
TRTransportation and Warehousing14.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.0%
RTRetail Trade12.2%
EDEducational Services8.9%
PAPublic Administration7.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.0%
COConstruction4.7%
MFManufacturing4.4%

Joliet city profile

Who lives in Joliet — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
150,445
Median age
35.8yrs
Median household income
$92,201
Median home value
$265,800
Median gross rent
$1,276/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.5%
Poverty rate
11.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Joliet

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps52%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Joliet

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