Work & commute · Alden

Work & commute in Alden, IL

Most working residents leave Alden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), Harvard (9%) and Woodstock (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 567 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 562 Alden residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alden.

562live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alden goes to work

Chicago61 mi away

11%64

Harvard4.7 mi away

9%49

Woodstock11.3 mi away

8%45

McHenry14.9 mi away

4%22

Rockford30.1 mi away

4%22

Hartland5.8 mi away

3%18

Crystal Lake18.4 mi away

3%17

Elgin30.7 mi away

3%15

Cary22.2 mi away

2%10

Elk Grove Village41.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%296

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alden commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

27%

29%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alden is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alden are

121 jobs are based in Alden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alden

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Alden residents hold

567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+22%

Jobs based in Alden, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 121. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.