Work & commute · Bull Valley

Work & commute in Bull Valley, IL

Most working residents leave Bull Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Woodstock (11%), Crystal Lake (10%) and Chicago (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 536 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 535 Bull Valley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bull Valley.

535live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bull Valley goes to work

Woodstock3.9 mi away

11%58

Crystal Lake6.4 mi away

10%54

Chicago48.3 mi away

10%53

McHenry3.7 mi away

6%31

Huntley11.9 mi away

2%9

Schaumburg24.8 mi away

2%9

Elgin19.7 mi away

2%9

Mundelein18 mi away

1%8

Harvard15.2 mi away

1%7

Algonquin11.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%291

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

How far

How far Bull Valley commutes

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

35%

28%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bull Valley is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bull Valley are

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

Jobs based in Bull Valley

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bull Valley residents hold

536 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−38%

Jobs based in Bull Valley, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 135. 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.