Work & commute · Bourbonnais

Work & commute in Bourbonnais, IL

About one in 4 of Bourbonnais’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (16%), Bradley (12%) and Bourbonnais (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

4,579 of 17,429 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 12,850 Bourbonnais residents head out of town to work, 4,579 work right here, and 10,499 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bourbonnais.

12,850live here, work elsewhere

4,579live and work here

10,499work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bourbonnais goes to work

Kankakee5 mi away

16%2,763

Bradley1.1 mi away

12%2,123

Bourbonnais1.1 mi away

11%1,986

Chicago46.7 mi away

8%1,434

Joliet28 mi away

2%423

Manteno5.5 mi away

2%365

Manteno5.2 mi away

2%273

Momence10.3 mi away

1%251

University Park20.3 mi away

1%197

Tinley Park27.4 mi away

1%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%7,465

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

How far

How far Bourbonnais commutes

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

46%

10%

21%

23%

46%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bourbonnais is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bourbonnais are

15,078 jobs are based in Bourbonnais. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bourbonnais’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bourbonnais

15,078 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bourbonnais residents hold

17,429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−10%

Jobs based in Bourbonnais, 2013 → 2023: 16,754 → 15,078. 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.