Work & commute · Avon

Work & commute in Avon, IL

Most working residents leave Avon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Grayslake (5%) and Waukegan (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2,748 of 27,886 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,138 Avon residents head out of town to work, 2,748 work right here, and 10,452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avon.

25,138live here, work elsewhere

2,748live and work here

10,452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avon goes to work

Chicago40.7 mi away

10%2,806

Grayslake1.7 mi away

5%1,411

Waukegan9.5 mi away

4%1,111

Libertyville6.9 mi away

4%1,081

Gurnee6.2 mi away

4%1,014

Mundelein6.2 mi away

4%1,003

Vernon Hills9.8 mi away

3%846

Round Lake Beach2.1 mi away

2%648

Libertyville7.7 mi away

2%568

Lincolnshire13.2 mi away

2%546

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%16,852

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

How far

How far Avon commutes

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

33%

36%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avon is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Avon are

13,200 jobs are based in Avon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avon

13,200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Avon residents hold

27,886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+5%

Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 12,606 → 13,200. 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.