Work & commute · Bourbonnais

Work & commute in Bourbonnais, IL

Most working residents leave Bourbonnais for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (15%), Bradley (11%) and Chicago (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,009 of 7,926 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,917 Bourbonnais residents head out of town to work, 1,009 work right here, and 4,745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bourbonnais.

6,917live here, work elsewhere

1,009live and work here

4,745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bourbonnais goes to work

Kankakee5.6 mi away

15%1,219

Bourbonnais (in town)right here

13%1,009

Bradley2.1 mi away

11%836

Chicago46.3 mi away

9%686

Joliet27 mi away

2%182

Manteno5.2 mi away

2%150

Manteno4.9 mi away

2%130

Momence11.3 mi away

1%107

University Park20.2 mi away

1%85

Tinley Park27 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%3,454

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.

44%

11%

21%

24%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bourbonnais 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 Bourbonnais are

5,754 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

5,754 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bourbonnais residents hold

7,926 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−19%

Jobs based in Bourbonnais, 2013 → 2023: 7,061 → 5,754. 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.