Work & commute · Big Grove

Work & commute in Big Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Big Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Joliet (9%) and Aurora (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 855 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 847 Big Grove residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Grove.

847live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Grove goes to work

Chicago49.1 mi away

10%84

Joliet19.9 mi away

9%78

Aurora21.3 mi away

5%39

Minooka13.9 mi away

4%38

Naperville25.1 mi away

4%34

Plainfield17.4 mi away

3%23

Morris10.8 mi away

2%20

Yorkville11.6 mi away

2%17

Bolingbrook25 mi away

2%16

Channahon15.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%491

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

How far

How far Big Grove commutes

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

34%

43%

18%

4%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Grove is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Grove are

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

Jobs based in Big Grove

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Big Grove residents hold

855 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+9%

Jobs based in Big Grove, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 268. 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.