Work & commute · Batavia

Work & commute in Batavia, IL

Most working residents leave Batavia for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (12%), Batavia (9%) and Aurora (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,748 of 17,694 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,946 Batavia residents head out of town to work, 1,748 work right here, and 11,223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Batavia.

15,946live here, work elsewhere

1,748live and work here

11,223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Batavia goes to work

Chicago32.6 mi away

12%2,188

Batavia1.2 mi away

9%1,607

Aurora4.9 mi away

8%1,429

Naperville9.8 mi away

5%930

Geneva3.5 mi away

5%903

St. Charles6.1 mi away

4%756

Elgin14.3 mi away

2%422

West Chicago6.7 mi away

2%371

Batavia (in town)right here

2%357

Downers Grove15.5 mi away

2%355

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%8,376

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

How far

How far Batavia commutes

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

42%

32%

22%

42%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Batavia is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Batavia are

12,971 jobs are based in Batavia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batavia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Batavia

12,971 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Batavia residents hold

17,694 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+20%

Jobs based in Batavia, 2013 → 2023: 10,771 → 12,971. 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.