Work & commute · Braidwood

Work & commute in Braidwood, IL

Most working residents leave Braidwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (11%), Chicago (9%) and Wilmington (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

164 of 3,103 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,939 Braidwood residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Braidwood.

2,939live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Braidwood goes to work

Joliet17.5 mi away

11%339

Chicago48.1 mi away

9%269

Braidwood (in town)right here

5%164

Wilmington4.7 mi away

4%110

Channahon10.7 mi away

3%106

Morris12.9 mi away

3%100

Coal City2.9 mi away

2%70

New Lenox21.1 mi away

2%58

Aurora34.3 mi away

2%58

Kankakee22 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,773

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

How far

How far Braidwood commutes

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

16%

32%

33%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Braidwood is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Braidwood are

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

Jobs based in Braidwood

736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Braidwood residents hold

3,103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Braidwood, 2013 → 2023: 719 → 736. 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.