94% of Carpentersville’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Carpentersville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elgin (11%), Chicago (10%) and Schaumburg (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
11% of working residents work in Elgin
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Carpentersville clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Carpentersville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 15,448 residents head out to work, 1,036 work right here, and 6,575 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28,000 people are in Carpentersville on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Carpentersville commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 7,611 jobs in Carpentersville are
7,611 jobs are based in Carpentersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carpentersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carpentersville, 2013 → 2023: 6,942 → 7,611. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 28 minutes each way, about the IL average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carpentersville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Carpentersville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to East Dundee (2%). Darker towns draw more of Carpentersville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Carpentersville
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carpentersville, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.