Work & commute · Boulder Hill

Work & commute in Boulder Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Boulder Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Aurora (11%), Chicago (11%) and Naperville (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 4,939 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,911 Boulder Hill residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boulder Hill.

4,911live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boulder Hill goes to work

Aurora4.3 mi away

11%560

Chicago34.6 mi away

11%522

Naperville9.3 mi away

7%330

Oswego1.9 mi away

6%306

Montgomery1.6 mi away

2%119

Batavia9.6 mi away

2%101

Downers Grove17.1 mi away

2%84

Bolingbrook11.8 mi away

2%81

West Chicago14.1 mi away

2%75

St. Charles14.5 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,689

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

How far

How far Boulder Hill commutes

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

32%

30%

32%

32%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boulder Hill is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boulder Hill are

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

Jobs based in Boulder Hill

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Boulder Hill residents hold

4,939 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+105%

Jobs based in Boulder Hill, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 230. 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.