Work & commute · Aroma

Work & commute in Aroma, IL

Most working residents leave Aroma for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (22%), Bradley (8%) and Chicago (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 2,303 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,240 Aroma residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aroma.

2,240live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aroma goes to work

Kankakee4.5 mi away

22%508

Bradley7 mi away

8%192

Chicago53.1 mi away

8%177

Bourbonnais9 mi away

7%151

Momence8.9 mi away

3%76

Aroma (in town)right here

2%50

Manteno12.7 mi away

2%40

Joliet36 mi away

2%38

Momence12.1 mi away

2%36

Manteno12.5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,009

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

How far

How far Aroma commutes

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

48%

18%

26%

48%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aroma is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aroma are

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

Jobs based in Aroma

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Aroma residents hold

2,303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−67%

Jobs based in Aroma, 2013 → 2023: 938 → 307. 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.